Ideas Above Our Station (Route Series of Contemporary Stories) [Paperback]

Ian Daley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1901927288 | ISBN-13: 978-1901927283

Someone is waiting for a train, or it could be a bus or an airplane. They are alone. For company, in their coat pocket they are carrying a book of stories. They sit down and take out the book. It falls open on the first page of a new story. What would be the perfect read for them to find there? Fifteen writers have risen to the challenge to put the ideal story into their fellow traveler's hand. The results are inside this book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Sharp, refreshing and full of surprises...a bit like going to a party and meeting one fascinating person after another.' 'Route is a trailblazing publisher of literary talent. Here, you'll find some the best short storytelling since Raymond Carver.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Route (January 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1901927288
• ISBN-13: 978-1901927283
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,288,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tania Hershman (www.taniahershman.com) is a former science journalist originally from London and, after 15 years living in Jerusalem, Israel, is now based in Bristol, UK. Commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers, her first short story collection, The White Road and Other Stories (www.thewhiteroadandotherstories.com), is published by Salt Modern Fiction.

Tania's short stories have been published in print and online in publications including,PANK magazine, Smokelong Quarterly, Drunk and Lonely Men, Eyeshot, Literary Fever, Riptide, Cafe Irreal, the Hiss Quarterly, Front&Centre, Vestal Review, and Transmission, and Riffing on Strings, an anthology of fiction inspired by String Theory. She has had three stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Tania is the Grand Prize winner of the Binnacle's 2009 Ultra Short Competition, European regional winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's short story competition and joint winner of the 2008 Biscuit Publishing Flash Fiction competition.

She is the founder and editor of The Short Review (www.theshortreview.com), a site dedicated to reviewing short story collections and anthologies.