
First fox
Leanne Radojkovich(Author)
The Emma Press
Will be published approx. on 16. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
46 pages
978-1-910139-70-7 (ISBN)
Description
The stories in First fox offer an everyday world tinged with the dreamlike qualities of fairy tales. Radojkovich explores the complex dynamics of families with a blend of dry wit and startling imagery. Disappointments and consolations meet with fantastical moments, winding their way into the realm of possibility.
Reviews / Votes
Simple, but wonderfully so, telling the reader all they need to know. Radojkovich's writing knows where embellishment is needed, and recognises when sparse language is effective.Siobhan Denton, Sabotage Reviews Indeed, it was the dreamlike qualities that resonated from every page, which made me want to read the next story as soon as I finished the last. Although some were extremely short, I took a moral lesson or even a feeling away from every single tale. The 46-page collection was packed with strange realities, warped fantasies and yet, I found, relatable characters.
Robyn Colclough, Cuckoo Review In today's social and political climate, there is a focus everywhere one looks on outward portrayals and inward truths that Radojkovich explores with subtle skill and excellently well-conceived brevity. This coupled with a startlingly honest, warm and at times darkly humorous tone makes for exactly the type of fiction which is able to commentate and provoke thought on life in 2017.
Literature Works As with any good short story, Radojkovich has taken great care in constructing each sentence and paragraph, saying no more than what is necessary to the narrative. Allowing the reader into just a snippet of the lives of these characters serves to add to the almost mythical tone to the stories, with the opportunity for the reader to elaborate in their own imagination what else is happening.
Sally Miller, Books By The Window -- Sally Miller * Books By The Window *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
98 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910139-70-7 (9781910139707)
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Leanne Radojkovich's debut short story collection First fox was published by The Emma Press in 2017. Her work has been anthologised in Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand and the forthcoming Best Small Fictions 2021. In 2018 she won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition and was a finalist in the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction. She was longlisted for the 2020 Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize and shortlisted for the 2020 Sargeson Prize. Leanne holds a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology. She has Dalmatian heritage and was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. She now lives in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, where she works as a librarian. Rachel J Fenton is an award-winning graphic poet and writer. She was awarded a Creative New Zealand Arts Grant to research and write a graphic biography, which she is documenting on Instagram @redhousemary. Under the name 'Rae Joyce', she co-edited Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics (Beatnik, 2016), and her work is featured in Island to Island (Dala/Upstart Press, 2016). She lives in Auckland.