Following on from her award-winning first novel, "Trumpet", comes a collection of superlative stories. In true Kay style, these small masterpieces cover a great deal of emotional and narrative terrain, from an immaculate observation of the female physiognomy to the bewilderment of the elderly; from silent hidden love to a lifetime reminiscence of an immigrant's England. Warm and tender, frightening and funny, these stories confirm the arrival of a major storyteller. "A stunner. I am heartbroken to have finished it" - Ali Smith. "The beauty of Kay's stories is in how much they continue to resonate long after finishing" - "Time Out". "These pieces contain - and ultimately liberate - definitively human ordinariness, a rigmarole of isolation and love, fidelity and betrayal, noise and silence, birth and death" - "Guardian". "One of the liveliest talents of her generation" - "Sunday Telegraph".
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'A haunting, beautifully written debut' Times 'Miraculously convincing and beautifully written' Daily Telegraph 'An incredibly powerful novel, rich and satisfying' Guardian
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Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh in 1961 and grew up in Glasgow. She has published three collections of poetry, the first of which, The Adoption Papers (Bloodaxe 1991), won the Saltire and Forward Prizes. The second, Other Lovers (Bloodaxe 1993), won the Somerset Maugham Award. Trumpet, her first novel, won the Author's Club First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. She lives in Manchester with her son.
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Kay's first collection of short fiction makes a seamless move from her poetry. That is, oftentimes poets who try their hands at fiction do not cross the genres very gracefully (sorry, Simon Armitage). Jackie Kay's stories remain as biting and as politically/personally infused as her poetry, but with more dialogue and (if you can believe it) more sarcasm. Identity (namely aspects of race, sexual orientation, etc.) figures prominently here, as we expect and appreciate from Kay. Be warned that most selections will make you cry, but don't let that stop you from reading each story at least three times; they become clearer and more profound with each visit. This book will not let you down. In fact, it may lift you up to higher levels of enlightenment - Kay crafts her characters so well that we move through the events of their lives as if we have been transformed onto the pages!
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