Story Title: She Was Looking For This Coat Collection/Anthology?: This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) Date Read: 8th February 2012 Briefly: A daughter visits a bus company's offices, in desperate search of … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘She Was Looking For This Coat’ by Jon McGregor
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Chekhov Shorts: Dreams
Title: Dreams Date Read: 7th February 2012 Briefly: While tramping towards the district town, peasant constables Ptaha and Sapozhnikov get to know something of the person they're escorting - a tramp who doesn't look anything like a tramp, who's … [Read more...]
Chekhov Shorts: Mire
Title: Mire Date Read: 7th February 2012 Briefly: Lieutenant Alexandr Grigoryevitch Sokolsky arrives at the home of a young wealthy Jewess to collect money owed to his cousin, Kryukov. Keen to collect the money because it is getting loaned to him … [Read more...]
Devouring De Maupassant: The First Snowfall
Title: The First Snowfall Date Read: 06 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: When a Norman gentleman takes his young Parisian wife home to live in his chateau, she becomes sad and melancholic about the loneliness of the place, and the … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Legend of Mont St. Michel
Title: Legend of Mont St. Michel Date Read: 06 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator recounts the legend of Saint Michel, and how the saint managed to vanquish the devil and expel him from Normandy. Afterthoughts: In … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘In Winter The Sky’ by Jon McGregor
Story Title: In Winter The Sky Collection/Anthology?: This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) Date Read: 3rd February 2012 Briefly: A young lad (George) gets involved in an unforgettable accident while returning … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Wonder About Parents’ by Alexander MacLeod
Story Title: Wonder About Parents Collection/Anthology?: Light Lifting (Jonathan Cape) Date Read: 3rd February 2012 Briefly: A father is prompted to reflect on past times of helplessness, when his family are affected by a lice infestation. … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘That Colour’ by Jon McGregor
Story Title: That Colour Collection/Anthology?: This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) Date Read: 2nd February 2012 Briefly: A couple (presumably married) share a tender moment when the woman declares her … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Miracle Mile’ by Alexander MacLeod
Story Title: Miracle Mile Collection/Anthology?: Light Lifting (Jonathan Cape) Date Read: 2nd February 2012 Briefly: As professional distance runners Mikey and Jamie routinely prepare for an important race, one of them drops a bombshell on the … [Read more...]
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Forethoughts: This Isn’t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You by Jon McGregor
Such is the quality of his short fiction writing, that every short story fan's heart fluttered when Jon McGregor's short story collection, This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) was announced. It's time for mine to … [Read more...]
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