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Escape Routes: ‘Winsomely written and engagingly quirky´ The Sunday Times
Naomi Ishiguro
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Description for Escape Routes: ‘Winsomely written and engagingly quirky´ The Sunday Times
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'Stories that start like delicate webs and finish like unbreakable wire traps' Naomi Ishiguro's fresh, magical and delightfully speculative short story collection merges the inventiveness of David Mitchell and the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter to form its own powerful magic.Witness what happens when a space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard in Shearing Season. Watch unexpected possibilities open up in The Flat Roof when a musician makes friends with a flock of birds. Get lost in the world of The Rat Catcher where, finding himself potentially out of his depth when he is summoned ... Read more In this stunning debut collection, the characters yearn for freedom and flight, and find their worlds transformed beyond their wildest imaginings.'Naomi Ishiguro's crystal clear prose delights and intrigues' Sharlene Teo 'Winsomely written and engagingly quirky, these are inventive tales that favour imagination over gritty realism.' The Sunday Times'Ishiguro's imagination is a place where the fantastical lurks in the margins as a possibility, a flavour rather than a genre' The Herald Show Less
'Stories that start like delicate webs and finish like unbreakable wire traps' Naomi Ishiguro's fresh, magical and delightfully speculative short story collection merges the inventiveness of David Mitchell and the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter to form its own powerful magic.Witness what happens when a space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard in Shearing Season. Watch unexpected possibilities open up in The Flat Roof when a musician makes friends with a flock of birds. Get lost in the world of The Rat Catcher where, finding himself potentially out of his depth when he is summoned ... Read more In this stunning debut collection, the characters yearn for freedom and flight, and find their worlds transformed beyond their wildest imaginings.'Naomi Ishiguro's crystal clear prose delights and intrigues' Sharlene Teo 'Winsomely written and engagingly quirky, these are inventive tales that favour imagination over gritty realism.' The Sunday Times'Ishiguro's imagination is a place where the fantastical lurks in the margins as a possibility, a flavour rather than a genre' The Herald Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472264862
SKU
9781472264862
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Naomi Ishiguro
Naomi Ishiguro studied writing at the University of East Anglia and is a former bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B.'s Emporium in Bath. She lives in London.
Reviews for Escape Routes: ‘Winsomely written and engagingly quirky´ The Sunday Times
An imaginative collection full of wide eyed wonder and millennial wit
Sharlene Teo
Escape Routes sees Ishiguro find inventive and unexpected new ways to explore her themes of freedom, flight and individuality
Netgalley Reader Review, Shelf Indulgent Reader website
Ishiguro, daughter of the 2017 Nobel Laureate, is already being touted as a writer of rare talent ... Read more
Sharlene Teo
Escape Routes sees Ishiguro find inventive and unexpected new ways to explore her themes of freedom, flight and individuality
Netgalley Reader Review, Shelf Indulgent Reader website
Ishiguro, daughter of the 2017 Nobel Laureate, is already being touted as a writer of rare talent ... Read more