{"product_id":"the-beginning-of-the-world-in-the-middle-of-the-night-9781473653559","title":"The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern fairy tales of magic, outsiders and lost souls from bestselling author and acclaimed book vlogger Jen Campbell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCampbell's entirely fresh reframing of \u003cb\u003eclassic fairytales within modern experiences\u003c\/b\u003e...really got me thinking. The \u003cb\u003eperfect autumnal read\u003c\/b\u003e to curl up with. * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003erazor-sharp critique of contemporary issues\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003edeeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e short stories * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003equietly excellent\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night \u003c\/i\u003eis a \u003cb\u003egem \u003c\/b\u003eof a book * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003edarkly clever, beautifully written and deliciously twisted collection\u003c\/b\u003e of modern fairy tales -- Sarra Manning * Red *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'dark, twisted fairy tales'\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kirsty Logan * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of wonder\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly imaginative, \u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003cb\u003edark, unsettling undercurrents\u003c\/b\u003e ... The characters \u003cb\u003esparkle with a sense of the surreal\u003c\/b\u003e, but these outcasts, misfits and loners are \u003cb\u003efilled with hopes and dreams\u003c\/b\u003e, and are as believable as those in any true-life novel. * Psychologies *\u003cbr\u003eInterwoven with myth and fairy tale, these stories are \u003cb\u003esurprising, delightful, and by turns dangerous and joyful,\u003c\/b\u003e like walking through a mirror and discovering a world that you both recognise and have never seen before. -- Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003cbr\u003e'Campbell's fairy tales retain a \u003cb\u003ekaleidoscope \u003c\/b\u003equality from the first to the last page...a reality coloured by our imagination in which we are as strong as we are vulnerable, as similar as we are different.' \u003ci\u003eSanja Gligoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are so many intriguing characters and situations to be enjoyed in \u003ci\u003eThe Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003cb\u003eJen Campbell is clearly a writer to watch\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Katy Goodwin-Bates * New Books magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisceral, sinister and yet strangely beguiling\u003c\/b\u003e ... her stories often explore characters, situations and settings caught in t\u003cb\u003ehat strange area between the known and the unfamiliar, between the normal and the 'monstrous'\u003c\/b\u003e ... Comparisons could be made to Angela Carter, but Campbell's stories have a quality completely their own; \u003cb\u003ehaunting\u003c\/b\u003e in their imagery and \u003cb\u003epowerful \u003c\/b\u003ein their brevity. -- Carolyn Percy * Wales Art Review *\u003cbr\u003eInteresting and refreshing ... \u003cb\u003ean extremely enlightening read\u003c\/b\u003e * TN2 Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and poignant and unexpected. \u003cb\u003eA fable for our times.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003efantasy, magic, fairy tales, with a sprinkling of reality \u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA story collection which manages to be \u003cb\u003emagical and sinister at the same time\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirsty Logan *","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739528212823,"sku":"9781473653559","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473653559.jpg?v=1720052499","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-beginning-of-the-world-in-the-middle-of-the-night-9781473653559","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}