Blind Water Pass
A John Murray Original
Published on 19. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4736-3181-6 (ISBN)
Description
Anna Metcalfe's stories are about communication and miscommunication - between characters and across cultures. Whether about a blithely entitled English teacher in a poor Beijing school, an immigrant female taxi driver in Paris, or a young Chinese girl spouting made-up Confucian phrases to please tourists, the stories examine the assumptions we make about other people, and about ourselves.
Blind Water Pass is an auspicious debut by a superb young writer.
Blind Water Pass is an auspicious debut by a superb young writer.
Reviews / Votes
[There is] a patience to Metcalfe's narration, a stillness that allows space for reflection * Times Literary Supplement * Themes of displacement, isolation and failed communication run through these arresting stories * Lady * Demonstrate[s] a grasp of storytelling, language and emotional economy beyond the expectations of any debut author * Observer *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-3181-6 (9781473631816)
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E-Book
05/2016
1st Edition
JM Originals
€3.99
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Person
Anna Metcalfe was born in Germany in 1987 before growing up in Fife, and later, Lincolnshire. She has a creative writing MA from UEA, and was one of the finalists of the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2014 for her story 'Number Three'.