Normal Rules Don't Apply
A dazzling collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Life After Life
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published:23rd May '24
£9.99
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
The first story collection from Kate Atkinson in twenty years, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales from the bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life
In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.
With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination, a constantly changing multiverse in which nothing is quite as it seems.
‘What really binds these stories is their underlying theme, which has perhaps always been Atkinson’s true subject: the nature of storytelling itself’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is perfectly captured within these pages’ Red
‘Sublime’ Good Housekeeping
‘Dazzling’ Reader's Digest
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Praise for Kate Atkinson:
'Inexhaustibly ingenious' HILARY MANTEL
'Simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world' GILLIAN FLYNN
'A brilliant and profoundly original writer' RACHEL CUSK
'Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy, authority, and skill' FINANCIAL TIMES
'One of the country's most innovative, exciting and intelligent authors.' SCOTSMAN
What really binds these stories is their underlying theme, which has perhaps always been Atkinson’s true subject: the nature of storytelling itself. She can be very funny, but she is highly serious about the idea that human existence is bound up with words… If you’re thinking about what fiction means, no invocation could be more thought-provoking or ironically complex * Times Literary Supplement *
What joy! A loosely connected collection of short stories from Kate Atkinson. Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is perfectly captured within these pages. * Red *
Sublime … showcases her superb storytelling and the wit of her writing * Good Housekeeping *
All kinds of stories are inside these tales – fairy stories, creation myths, fantasy, Bible stories, tabloid headlines, soaps, movies and crime. Atkinson’s sly humour percolates all the way through, but there’s also humanity, hope and forgiveness... The simplicity of the short story form belies the book’s multi-layered approach. As soon as you get to the end, you’ll be tempted to just start at the beginning again to see the nuances you missed first time round, and tease out the threads that run between each tale. * Independent *
Hilarious, breathtaking, horrific, irresistible ... [Atkinson is] always in command ... Heart in mouth, I never wanted this book to end * Sydney Morning Herald *
ISBN: 9781804990803
Dimensions: 197mm x 126mm x 13mm
Weight: 170g
240 pages