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The First Hints of Purple
Michael Hill
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The First Hints of Purple is a wide-ranging collection of stories whose meticulous, elegant prose encompasses everyday experience alongside shrewd and often comic insights into human nature. Many of the tales are familiar in form whilst others comprise what Hill refers to as ‘indeterminate literary entities’. These probe beneath the surface of ordinary events in pursuit of those indefinable aspects of reality about which no convincing explanation exists. Although such matters are by nature ‘profound’, they are also part of daily life - thereby justifying a hint of schadenfreude when a passenger train to Heathrow is delayed. Alternatively, we can ... Read more
The First Hints of Purple is a wide-ranging collection of stories whose meticulous, elegant prose encompasses everyday experience alongside shrewd and often comic insights into human nature. Many of the tales are familiar in form whilst others comprise what Hill refers to as ‘indeterminate literary entities’. These probe beneath the surface of ordinary events in pursuit of those indefinable aspects of reality about which no convincing explanation exists. Although such matters are by nature ‘profound’, they are also part of daily life - thereby justifying a hint of schadenfreude when a passenger train to Heathrow is delayed. Alternatively, we can ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Market Harborough, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785898914
SKU
V9781785898914
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Hill
Michael Hill was born in the Home Counties and educated at a local grammar school. After National Service, he studied Anthropology at London University before switching to a Graphic Design Course at the London College of Printing. He then practiced freelance Graphics until finally appointed Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Kingston University.
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