
Dust, dancing
Ian Gouge(Author)
Coverstory Books (Publisher)
Published on 5. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-0686701-0-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Ian Gouge's eclectic new collection, Dust, dancing, many of the protagonists find themselves thwarted: by ambition, by love, by old age. Interlaced with occasional victories, they experience both avoidable and unavoidable setbacks: the man tattooing his life history on his back; the woman fantasising about a Hollywood star; the man fired from his job; the actress believing she is destined to be 'a Bond Girl'; the policewoman making a gruesome discovery. We share the pleasure and pain associated with their various journeys, the resonance of our own experience often adding a personal veneer to our reading.
Gouge's work has been compared to Henry James, Sally Rooney, Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway. Dust, dancing is his fourth collection of short stories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ripon
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ian Gouge
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0686701-0-7 (9781068670107)
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Person
Ian Gouge has been writing for many years with nearly thirty books to his name mainly novels, short stories, and collections of poetry. In June 2023 he performed his poetic monologue 'Crash' at the Ripon Theatre Festival. A sometime Indie Publisher, he also mentors at public writers' retreats.