New & Selected Stories
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ISBN-13:
9781326940294
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.02.2017
Seiten:
568
Autor:
Roger Paige
Gewicht:
725 g
Format:
210x148x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
A boy watches his father fighting a famous Canadian wrestler and years later hears how his parents escaped from Poland.A man on holiday in Russia buys Chekhov's samovar from an old antique dealer.The death of a Chinese emperor leads to a search for his successor. A tired Pope goes on a secret holiday to a spa in Tuscany.Elvis arrives in Heaven to be greeted by an angel. On a snowy train journey across Canada several passengers reflect upon their pasts.An old, disgraced grandmaster visits a Portsmouth chess club. A young clerk in the post office takes a day off work with a twisted ankle.Two old university friends plan a performance for the Edinburgh Fringe.These stories are set in various countries.Some are comic, others speculatively serious or semi-autobiographical.The cover photograph is of Carraigh Fhada lighthouse on Islay.
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