
Circle Games
Jo Mazelis(Author)
Parthian Books (Publisher)
Published on 24. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-902638-58-4 (ISBN)
Description
Nicky is heavily pregnant and should be looking forward to a new home-life. But her mother-in-law has other plans. Ethan's plans do not involve his mother - until he's expecting his second child and things come full circle. Alec is playing at hating his neighbour's extreme Christmas decorations, up to the moment love strikes and changes all the rules. A young dad's impatient care transforms to grace once he allows himself into his small daughter's game. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory of these nineteen rich stories. "Circle Games" probes our darker fantasies of power, control and revenge, in a world not far removed from Grimm's menacing forests, where games are seldom innocent.
Reviews / Votes
"Jo Mazelis' new collection is dark, disconcerting and full of surprises." Mavis CheekMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-902638-58-4 (9781902638584)
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Person
Jo Mazelis' first book, Diving Girls, was shortlisted for Welsh Book of the Year and Commonwealth Best First Book. She has been a prizewinner in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition three times. Her stories and poetry have appeared in New Welsh Review, Poetry Wales, Biog Issue, Citizen 32, and nth position, as well as being broadcast by radio four. A short story appeared most recently in the anthology Urban Welsh published by Parthian.