Présentation de l'éditeur
Take your partners, please.
Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear: in these twenty-two short stories from the author of Holy Fools and Five Quarters of the Orange, the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away.
Jigs & Reels is Joanne Harris's first collection of short stories. As she says in her foreword, a good short story can startle, ignite, and illuminate...giving you vivid, anarchic glimpses into different worlds, different people. Here, she proves she is as good as her word by creating an eclectic selection of tales for our times that will delight, surprise, entertain and horrify in equal measure. Sly, funny, sometimes provocative but always personal, Jigs & Reels shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before. So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing.
Revue de presse
"Witty, moving and thought-provoking, JIGS AND REELS is a treat." (TIME OUT)
"Tantalising and suggestive, and leave us wanting more." (SUNDAY TIMES)
"She revels in the blackly comic, with twisted tales that will pleasantly surprise fans while attracting a whole new audience." (GLAMOUR)
"'Evocative, mystical and funny - perfect for curling up on the sofa with' COMPANY"
Quatrième de couverture
Take your partners, please.
Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear. In these twenty-two short stories from the author of HOLY FOOLS and FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE, the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away.
JIGS & REELS is Joanne Harris' first collection of short stories. As she says in her Foreword, a good short story can startle, ignite, and illuminate...giving you vivid, anarchic glimpses into different world, different people. Here, she proves she is as good as her word by creating an eclectic selection of tales for our times that will delight, surprise, entertain and horrify in equal measure. Sly, funny, sometimes provocative but always personal, JIGS & REELS shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before. So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing.
Biographie de l'auteur
Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted
Chocolat (made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche),
Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs & Reels,
Sleep Pale Sister, Gentlemen & Players and, with Fran Warde,
The French Kitchen: A Cookbook and
The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen. She lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.
