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The Collected Stories of Angela Huth
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Product Description
This new and timely anthology contains the very best of Huth's three short story collections - MONDAY LUNCH IN FAIRYLAND, SUCH VISITORS and ANOTHER KIND OF CINDERELLA - together with two wonderful new pieces: 'Angels Bending, Near The Earth' - a tale of Christmas and competitive friends: and 'The Wife and a Half', about a woman bewitched by a conversation about Byron.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1775529 in Books
- Published on: 2003-02-06
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 368 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
For LAND GIRLS:*'Riveting . evocative and entertaining' DAILY MAIL *'Huth's controlled, eloquent style has been compared to Jane Austen's, but her talent is entirely original' THE TIMES *'Piquant, witty and entertaining' TATLER For WIVES OF THE FISHERMEN *'A bonfire of a novel . a subtle, powerful story' MAIL ON SUNDAY *'The story is genuinely engrossing. Angela Huth's brand of excellence has rarely been seen to better effect' S. TEL.
This new anthology contains a selection of the best of Angela Huth's short stories from her three previous collections plus two new ones. The book covers an impressive 20 years of story writing. All the trademarks of her distinctive style are here - her eye for detail, her excellent dialogue and the subtle shifts in human relationships. The setting is a middle England that is so familiar it seems unremarkable, complete with tweed jackets, potato peelings, Formica kitchens and azaleas. It is Huth's skill to poke into the soft underbelly of respectable life and find the bottled up, occasionally volcanic feelings. Her characters are unfulfilled individuals who catch a glimpse of life outside their self-imposed prisons. A lonely professor falls in love. A farmer's son fantasies about his stepsister. A woman realizes that she hates her son-in-law. These are private tortured moments and Angela Huth reveals the disappointment and embarrassment with a clarity that makes the reader wince with empathy. These are not feelgood stories but they make compelling reading. Lucy English is the author of Our Dancing Days. (Kirkus UK)
About the Author
Angela Huth has written three short story collections and several novels. She also writes plays for radio, television and stage, and is a well-known freelance journalist, critic and broadcaster. She is married to a don, lives in Oxford and has two daughters.
