Four Letter Word
New Love Letters
Vintage (Publisher)
Published on 5. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-09-950364-4 (ISBN)
Description
Whatever happened to the love letter? Has the written word lost its charm in our digitally obsessed, speed-dating age?
In this inspired and unique collection of new fiction, over forty celebrated writers explore the potency and power of a classic, yet neglected, genre: the love letter. Four Letter Word brings us work - published here for the first time - from a dazzling array of contemporary writers, including Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Michel Faber, Geoff Dyer, Neil Gaiman, A.L. Kennedy, Audrey Niffenegger, Lionel Shriver and Leonard Cohen.
In this inspired and unique collection of new fiction, over forty celebrated writers explore the potency and power of a classic, yet neglected, genre: the love letter. Four Letter Word brings us work - published here for the first time - from a dazzling array of contemporary writers, including Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Michel Faber, Geoff Dyer, Neil Gaiman, A.L. Kennedy, Audrey Niffenegger, Lionel Shriver and Leonard Cohen.
Reviews / Votes
"Ridiculously enjoyable. A true pleasure" * Guardian * "Funny, romantic, desperate, and sometimes plain dirty, these offerings are a delight to read" * Big Issue * "They have brought wit and passion together in [this] totally original collection to unleash the romantic in all of us... May the stars shine on them for resurrecting this delicious, dying custom" * Daily Telegraph * "This is a collection to dip into and savour... It works because so much of the pleasure in reading these letters is in the fact that they are not for our eyes" * Scotland on Sunday * "From tales of rapture and repression to humorous exchanges between jilted lovers, the collection presents the reader with a kaleidoscope of ideas on how to approach the subject. . . . This is a seductive anthology which manages to appeal to the head as well as the heart" * Time Out *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
190 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-950364-4 (9780099503644)
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Persons
Joshua Knelman is an award-winning writer and editor, and a frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail newspaper. He is the author of Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art. He lives in Toronto.
Rosalind Porter is Associate Editor at Granta magazine. She lives in London.
Rosalind Porter is Associate Editor at Granta magazine. She lives in London.