Not So Perfect - Stories (Paperback)


22 short short stories; 22 not so perfect lives, where bird watchers come out at night, couples perform love surgery, and a woman is throwing up animals. The extraordinary is everywhere, but an unsettling familiarity pervades. Nik Perring's brilliant debut collection demonstrates the underestimated powers of brevity. Intricately crafted and filled with dark humour, his 22 stories examine the conundrums and contradictions of human relationships, and ask us what it is to be human at all.

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22 short short stories; 22 not so perfect lives, where bird watchers come out at night, couples perform love surgery, and a woman is throwing up animals. The extraordinary is everywhere, but an unsettling familiarity pervades. Nik Perring's brilliant debut collection demonstrates the underestimated powers of brevity. Intricately crafted and filled with dark humour, his 22 stories examine the conundrums and contradictions of human relationships, and ask us what it is to be human at all.

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Imprint

Roastbooks Ltd

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

May 2010

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Dimensions

130 x 130 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

140

ISBN-13

978-1-906894-07-8

Barcode

9781906894078

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LSN

1-906894-07-8



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