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Description for Gods and Angels
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A powerful new collection from the critically-acclaimed, prize-winning author David Park. 'Park appears to write effortlessly, with one foot planted firmly in the canon of traditional Irish lyricism and another flirting with modern parlance, his prose studded with contemporary cultural references. His emotional intelligence is remarkable' Daily Mail A powerful collection of short stories from the award-winning author David Park, Gods and Angels locates, with pinpoint accuracy, the quiet but deeply charged moments in life that can define a person. A seventeen-year-old boy visits his estranged mother on Boxing Day in a grey seaside ... Read more
A powerful new collection from the critically-acclaimed, prize-winning author David Park. 'Park appears to write effortlessly, with one foot planted firmly in the canon of traditional Irish lyricism and another flirting with modern parlance, his prose studded with contemporary cultural references. His emotional intelligence is remarkable' Daily Mail A powerful collection of short stories from the award-winning author David Park, Gods and Angels locates, with pinpoint accuracy, the quiet but deeply charged moments in life that can define a person. A seventeen-year-old boy visits his estranged mother on Boxing Day in a grey seaside ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408866092
SKU
V9781408866092
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About David Park
David Park has written nine previous books including The Light of Amsterdam, which was shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC Prize, and, most recently, The Poets' Wives, which was selected as Belfast's Choice for One City One Book 2014. He has won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize and the University of Ulster's McCrea Literary Award, ... Read more
Reviews for Gods and Angels
He writes prose of gravity and grace
Guardian
One of the shrewdest observers of the way we live now
Independent
Park is an excellent writer; psychologically astute, lyrically unflinching
Daily Telegraph
Park brings his celebration of language, and humanity, to every page
Daily Mail
He is an astute storyteller whose vision is ... Read more
Guardian
One of the shrewdest observers of the way we live now
Independent
Park is an excellent writer; psychologically astute, lyrically unflinching
Daily Telegraph
Park brings his celebration of language, and humanity, to every page
Daily Mail
He is an astute storyteller whose vision is ... Read more