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THE RIDER AND OTHER STORIES IBD

DOV ENGEL
NEW GENERATION PUBLISHING
11 / 2003
9781844011100
Inglés

Sinopsis

Here are twenty-seven tales so varied, so clever, so gentle in their humour you wouldn?t believe they could all be crammed into one book.We meet prodigies, orphans, wolf-hounds, flying horses, gamblers, goddesses, academics and acrobats... we see a genius and his violin, a retired soldier and his restaurant, a young woman and her dentist (thrice), a teenager and her chance to save humanity (guess how) and a Damascene conversion in the Himalayas.The whole boborscht of scenarios and zany characters has the flavour of true storytelling about it. But there are serious notes too: the fingers on the keyboard can fire a gun... so read on!?These short stories work well. Perhaps their outstanding characteristic is variety, they move over a large, multi-textured landscape. Indeed, there is a theme here, but it is in no way obtrusive. The function of this book is a collection of good short stories, and as such they are meaningful and valid, with many pleasing echoes of place and motivation.They also demonstrate a sharp and individual perception on the part of the author, these are vignettes, portraits, of remarkable potency and accuracy.? Mark Sykes.