| Description |
476 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
The stories in this collection showcase Gardam's stylistic versatility and psychological insight. Throughout the collection she probes the inner lives, secret desires, and hidden pasts of her characters. |
| Contents |
Hetty sleeping -- Lunch with Ruth Sykes -- The great, grand, soap-water kick -- The Sidmouth letters -- A spot of gothic -- The tribute -- The pig boy -- Rode by all with pride -- The Easter lilies -- The first Adam -- The pangs of love -- Stone trees -- An unknown child -- Showing the flag -- Swan -- Damage -- The Dixie girls -- Groundlings -- Grace -- Miss Mistletoe -- Telegony: Going into a dark house ; Signor Settimo ; The hot sweets of Cremona -- The boy who turned into a bike -- Missing the midnight -- The zoo at Christmas -- Old filth -- The green man -- Soul mates -- The people on Privilege Hill. |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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| Cover Title |
Stories of Jane Gardam |
| Added Title |
The tribute
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The pig boy
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The first Adam
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Stone trees
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An unknown child
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Swan
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Damage
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The Dixie girls
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Groundlings
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Grace
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Miss Mistletoe
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Old filth
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The green man
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Soul mates
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A spot of gothic
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| ISBN |
9781609451998 (hc.) |
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1609451996 (hc.) |
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