Kathy Page’s short fiction has been widely anthologized, translated and broadcast on BBC Radio. Early stories are collected in As in Music. Her story The Second Spring After Liberation was awarded the Bridport Prize for short fiction in 1994.
As in Music
By turns poignant and bizarre, shot through with unexpected humour, but also provocative and disturbing, these stories negotiate a skillful path through the border territory between realism and fantasy. In Just Dial This Number, Madeline, anger personified, fights a losing battle against the onset of love. Elsewhere, a woman suffering under the fierce strictures of a traditional rural community is driven to desperate measures; a group of tourists living in an age of rampant global warming search for meaning in the remains of a lost civilization, and a teenage mother struggles to come to terms with her baby son. A haunting and eloquent collection of short stories, which confirms Kathy Page’s power and versatility as a storyteller.
First published by Methuen, UK. New edition by Phoenix Books, 2009 – please use the contact form (left) to order direct.
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