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Imprint: Harvill Secker
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Published: 11/04/2019
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ISBN: 9781911215646
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Length: 208 Pages
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Dimensions: 222mm x 23mm x 144mm
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Weight: 331g
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RRP: £16.99
Louis de Bernieres is one of our most treasured writers and these stories show his imaginative range and unique storytelling power. The collection includes 'Gunter Weber's Confession' which revisits characters from Captain Corelli.
Full of wit, warmth and charm, Louis de Bernières’ Labels and Other Stories features tales from throughout his career as a masterful storyteller and transports us around the globe, from the London Underground to Turkish ruins to the banks of the Amazon. De Bernières’ unlikely and unforgettable heroes are found collecting luxury tinned cat-food labels, posting fish to the President, falling in love with dolphin deities and dining with Brazilian street thieves. And in ‘Gunter Weber's Confession’, we return once more to the Greek island of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and its much-loved characters.
In this worldly and entertaining collection of stories, we are equally enchanted by familiar and fantastical occurrences, by de Bernières’ wry sense of humour and powerful imagination.
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Imprint: Harvill Secker
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Published: 11/04/2019
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ISBN: 9781911215646
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Length: 208 Pages
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Dimensions: 222mm x 23mm x 144mm
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Weight: 331g
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RRP: £16.99
Reviews
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"A witty and warm collection"
Valerie Grove, The Times
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"This entertaining collection of 14 short stories showcases all the familiar tropes, stylistic flourishes and trademark deadpan humour that make their author such a pleasure… A delight"
Simon Humphreys, Mail on Sunday
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"Delightfully imaginative stories"
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"These stories often read like fairy tales for adults, and seem intended, above all, to raise a smile… they do this very nicely… Labels is an amusing and clever story, its absurdist tone well fitted to its subject"
William Skidelsky, Financial Times
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"Louis de Bernieres is a very genial observer of human folly. These stories are warm and witty, peopled with fallible characters at the mercy of their own prejudices and insecurities"
Eithne Farry, Daily Mail
