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Learning to Talk: Short Stories

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Description for Learning to Talk: Short Stories paperback. A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 134.

A companion piece to the captivating memoir Giving Up the Ghost by the Man Booker-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.

This sharp, funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village 'scoured by bitter winds and ... Read more

In 'King Billy is a Gentleman', the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. 'Curved Is the Line of Beauty' is a story of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress with one lung and a Manchester accent. In 'Third Floor Rising', she watches, dazzled, as her mother carves out a stylish new identity.

With a deceptively light touch, Mantel locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007166442
SKU
9780007166442
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel is the author of seventeen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, the memoir Giving Up the Ghost and the short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Her latest novel, The Mirror & the Light, won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, while Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were both awarded the ... Read more

Reviews for Learning to Talk: Short Stories
'Mercilessly funny' Daily Telegraph ‘Mantel writes with wit, compassion and great elegance.' Independent on Sunday On ‘Giving Up the Ghost’: 'Like Lorna Sage's BAD ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Learning to Talk: Short Stories


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