With both economy and compassion, Neil Campbell creates lyrical visions of loss and confinement. Children, teenagers, parents, single men and women all feature in the unflinching depictions of ordinary people coping with the difficulties of everyday life. In stories filled with both poetry and humour, he reveals how moments from both the past and the present can affect our lives forever. From Manchester to Magaluf, Campbell shows lives defined by work and circumstances. The lives of factory workers, labourers, drinkers, musicians, hikers, artists and sportsmen are all revealed in pared-down stories of tact and precision that have a haunting authenticity. In choosing to explore enduring aspects of the human condition he transcends the zeitgeist to leave us with stories that resonate with truth. His crafted stories reveal a sensitivity to the nuances of human behaviour, and suggest a bright future.
| ISBN | 1844713016 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781844713011
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 139 | | Publisher | Salt Publishing | | Published in | Cambridge | | Imprint | Salt Publishing | | Series title | Salt Modern Fiction S. | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 203 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2007 | | Width (mm) | 127 | | DEWEY | 823.92 | | Spine width (mm) | 7 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 120 | |
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The Orange Football Disappearance of a Sunset Magaluf The Last Post Confined Spaces Retail Therapy All Smiles Saved Why do you Come Here? Broken Doll The Fresher The Faces Marked by the Ringing The Cricket Book Seller Waiting in the Wings The Empty Space The Rooms Between the Zipped Limits Climbing
The collection works in a strange, cumulative fashion to draw the reader into Neil Campbell's chosen world ... read it because it is an excellent first collection. -- Zoe King Cadenza
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