Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains [Paperback]

A. L. Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 1991

The heroes and heroines of Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains, A.L. Kennedy's first collection of stories, are small people - the kind who inhabit the silence in libraries, who never appear on screen and who never make the headlines. Often alone and sometimes lonely, her characters ponder the mysteries of sex and death...and the ability of public transport to affect our lives.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

A.L. Kennedy has published four previous collections of stories and three novels. She has received many prizes for her work, including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Polygon (January 17, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0748660887
• ISBN-13: 978-0748660889
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,990,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A startling and unusual collection, October 9, 2005

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Semioticghost "Semioticghost" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains (Paperback)

I initially read this collection of short stories when studying language and literature and was bowled over, because Kennedy's writing and characterisations come across as both startling and fascinating. Having re-read this, I'm still willing to grant it the 'unusual' tag, but I was not quite as wowed as I was when enjoying them without the benefit of having read a lot of short fiction. Two stories still stand out as really special - the one that lends this connection its title, and 'Tea and Biscuits', both dealing with 'ordinary' people thrown into sudden change by a single event.