Words from a glass bubble
By: Vanessa Gebbie
Series: Salt modern poets; Salt modern poets
Publisher: Salt Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781844713998; 9781844717347
Subjects: English Short stories
Description: This passionate new book gathers together for the first time many of Vanessa Gebbie's award-winning stories. Described by Maggie Gee as 'a prodigiously gifted new writer', she is a natural storyteller; her narratives unfold with a deceptively light touch.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Contents; title: Words From a Glass Bubble; title: 'I Can Squash the King, Tommo'; title: On The Edge; title: Bones; title: Smoking Down There; title: Irrigation; title: Excavation; title: Dodie's Gift; title: The Lych-Warmer; title: The Carob Tree; title: Yellow Birds, Beaks Open; title: Cactus Man; title: The Kettle On The Boat; title: There Were Tigers; title: Harry's Catch; title: Simon's Skin; title: Closed Doors; title: Tasting Pebbles; title: Fuck Magnolia; title: Acknowledgements.