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Normal rules don't apply : stories / Kate Atkinson.

Normal rules do not apply (other title)
Atkinson, Kate, (author.).

Summary:

"A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels-the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may-or may not-have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here-the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385549509
  • ISBN: 0385549504
  • Physical Description: 206 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Great Britain by Doubleday in 2023.
Formatted Contents Note:
Void -- Dogs in jeopardy -- Blithe spirit -- Spellbound -- Indiscreet charm of the bourgeoisie -- Shine, Pamela! Shine! -- Existential marginalization -- Classic quest 17--crime and punishment -- Puppies and rainbows -- Gene-sis -- What if?.

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Subject:
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Thought and thinking > Fiction.
Judgment > Fiction.
Genre:
Magic realist fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 44 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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