The stories
By: Jane Gardam
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781609451998
Other titles: Stories of Jane Gardam
Description: The stories in this collection showcase Gardam's stylistic versatility and psychological insight. Throughout the collection she probes the inner lives, secret desires, and hidden pasts of her characters.
Table of contents: title: Hetty sleeping --; title: Lunch with Ruth Sykes --; title: The great, grand, soap-water kick --; title: The Sidmouth letters --; title: A spot of gothic --; title: The tribute --; title: The pig boy --; title: Rode by all with pride --; title: The Easter lilies --; title: The first Adam --; title: The pangs of love --; title: Stone trees --; title: An unknown child --; title: Showing the flag --; title: Swan --; title: Damage --; title: The Dixie girls --; title: Groundlings --; title: Grace --; title: Miss Mistletoe --; title: Telegony: Going into a dark house ;; title: Signor Settimo ;; title: The hot sweets of Cremona --; title: The boy who turned into a bike --; title: Missing the midnight --; title: The zoo at Christmas --; title: Old filth --; title: The green man --; title: Soul mates --; title: The people on Privilege Hill.