Product Description

To herald the new fiction imprint, Comma, the critic and editor Ra Page specially commissioned short stories by 15 contemporary writers - each with their own distinctive take on the short form.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #811175 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 220 pages

About the Author
Ra Page edited The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories (Penguin,
1999), and founded and edited Manchester Stories magazine. He has written
for the Guardian, The Times and the New Statesman and received a Jerwood
Foundation Bursary for his own writing in 1999. He is Deputy Editor of City
Life and a director of the Manchester Poetry Festival.

Customer Reviews

' Page Turner'
There's at least three reasons i can think of to urge people to but this book. Firstly,with the short story unfashionable and unloved, this book is a tonic. Its the kind of book that becomes harder and harder to get hold of these days.
Secondly, because it is rather an exceptional book. Whilst not only containing some of the best short fiction i have read for a very long time, it is the accumulation of so many different voices - each powerful and engaging in their own right - that make this book so memorable. Some of the stories here are funny, some hauntingly tragic, some just bizarre; yet all but one are exceptional, and well worth taking the trip.
And finally, it has a wonderful front cover and looks exceptionally chic and would complement your bookshelves.

thought provoking
I really enjoyed reading this anthology. Its easy to pick up when you have just a few minutes of reading time.
The stories are all well written and each of them takes you to a different place. The best by far is that by Jeanie O'Hare. It hung around in my head for days. It is really thought provoking.

Put it on your Christmas list.