{"product_id":"wallflowers-9781408856826","title":"Wallflowers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Assured and ambitious''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A young writer who succeeds in imagining the world afresh'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Confirms her as a significant new talent  sharp, illuminating''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize comes a delicate and startling collection about the adventure within the ordinary and the magic within everyday life\u003c\/b\u003eA small boy and his grandmother set sail for China in the mud of her back yard; a supermarket car park becomes a graveyard of strewn blueberries; migratory birds fly over a marshland ringing with the sound of wooden spoons on kitchen pots; and the breaking of a silence between two roommates leads to disquieting revelations.Eliza Robertson's delicate and startling stories tell of the adventure of the ordinary and the magic within the everyday. Here there are swindlers and innocents, unlikely heroes and gritty survivors; they teach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfirms her as a significant new talent … The ordinary and everyday become imbued with a strange significance, albeit with a feather-light touch; Robertson’s prose is never weighed down, even as it imparts a sense of uneasiness, anticipation … Robertson lets images vibrate with possibilities. Almost every story, individually, is sharp, illuminating * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in Eliza Robertson’s first collection are filled with lush flora and fauna, both real and figurative … Assured and ambitious * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eHer stories display a startlingly original way of looking at the world, finding magic and mystery in ordinary life … An exciting new voice in short fiction * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eRobertson is often thus adventurous when it comes to her structures … It’s the richness of her prose that draws one in * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eRobertson’s prose can stand alongside any writer I think to name … her style and her stories are uniquely her own, at once observant and playful, sometimes wise, sometimes ironic, always lyrical and always haunting * \u003cb\u003eD. W. Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eBallistics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eCaptivating … Amid the catastrophe, there is a delicate beauty in the details Robertson selects * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAn unsettling debut collection of short stories * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallflowers\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect for dipping in and out of, like a bag of pick ‘n’ mix; the stories have varied settings and the narrators are all snappingly distinct. And like pick ‘n’ mix, it’s difficult to stop after just one * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eA young writer who succeeds in imagining the world afresh * Independent *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090878034263,"sku":"9781408856826","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408856826.jpg?v=1762273684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wallflowers-9781408856826","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}