Author:Marie Joseph
Brief romantic encounters that sparkle with humour and poignancy.
Meet Maggie and Don, the conventional married couple, whose lives are dramatically interrupted by the arrival of Beth, Maggie's beautiful but impulsive friend ...
Anne, the plain and practical secretary who dreams of capturing the heart of dashing Bruce Gordon, the firm's accountant ...
The young man and woman alone in a crowded airport terminal who find brief solace in each other's company ...
Just some of the marvelous characters, young and old, that people this richly observed collection of short stories.
A fine, fierce, incandescent talent
—— Scotland on SundayBurning Your Boats brings together her four volumes of short fiction...They testify to Carter's range, daring and her invention. An important book
—— Irish TimesA writer cultured in every sense of the word, whose syntax is ever artful, whose vocabulary is zestfully arcane, whose erudition manifests itself in her work in a shimmering play of parody and illusion. She was one of the century's best writers, and her stories are among her finest works
—— Sunday TimesThis is the voice the young generation are flocking to read and study, and these marvellous collected stories wonderfully explain why no pigeon-hole could ever contain her creator. When you read all the stories collected together, a sense of joy erupts that such writing can exist
—— Daily TelegraphWorld-class stories, woven from their author's high humour, glittering imagination, vital erudition and warm intelligence
—— IndependentExtremely funny... Keret’s stories understand the plasticity of narrative and the importance of imaginative acts
—— The TimesThe ingenious and original master of the short story overflows with absurdity, humour, longing and compassion... Keret's most mature and most playful work yet, and establises him as one of the great international writers of our time
—— GQDistinctive, surreal and intelligent
—— Antonia Charlesworth , Big Issue in the NorthSublimely irresistible
—— Tim Samuels , theholbornmag.com