Dear George and Other Stories
Published on 1. June 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7493-9545-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this stellar collection of short stories, Helen Simpson explores independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies with her characteristic blend of comedy and lyricism. Here are tales of young love - successful or thwarted, intense or comic.
From a wedding day for one, through the knotty problems of babies, their conception, arrival and impact on adult lives, to a Lothario receiving his just deserts, and the title story, where a schoolgirl's erotic daydreams during her Shakespeare homework go on to produce blushes of horror.
From a wedding day for one, through the knotty problems of babies, their conception, arrival and impact on adult lives, to a Lothario receiving his just deserts, and the title story, where a schoolgirl's erotic daydreams during her Shakespeare homework go on to produce blushes of horror.
Reviews / Votes
Of all contemporary writers, Simpson has the most honest, the most authentic voice * The Times * Her stories can be read quickly, knocked back in a single, grateful gulp like an aperitif, or savoured with a slow, cool intoxication... She is Katherine Mansfield's natural successor * Observer * Biting wit...has me laughing aloud * Pat Barker * Simpson's wit defies formulaic feminism or, indeed, any other -ism... Very, very funny * Evening Standard * Full of good jokes, wonderfully alert to irony and the possibilities of language * Jonathan Coe * Effortless charm, wit and vivid sexual detail * Time Out * This is Simpson's real charm - that she believes in love... Her heady sense of almost physical joy * Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
115 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7493-9545-2 (9780749395452)
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Helen Simpson
Dear George and Other Stories
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11/2014
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Vintage Digital
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Helen Simpson's sixth short-story collection, Cockfosters, follows Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010). A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.