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True North Mr Andre Mangeot

True North By Mr Andre Mangeot

True North by Mr Andre Mangeot


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Summary

Seven stories set in seven different countries - by a prizewinning poet who is also emerging as a talented writer of fiction. Set in Romania, Miami, the Sahara, Thailand, France, Indonesia and Canada, they expose human frailty in its many forms but suggest that humanity has more that binds us together than separates us.

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True North by Mr Andre Mangeot

In keeping with his powerful first collection, A Little Javanese, these seven new stories by Andre Mangeot roam the globe, exposing human frailty in its many forms. In central Europe a wayward son takes up the reins of the family business; a journalist heads into the Sahara in search of her past; a retired Canadian teacher is forced to question much he has believed ...

Flood, heat, desert and snowscape are here almost characters in themselves - edging certain stories to their climax, elsewhere simply observing how we humans write our own stories and endings.

Played out against the grinding poverty of street children, in drug fuelled Miami bars and alleys, amongst the detritus of a deserted Thai beach or in the complex world of musical genius - we are witnesses to love, betrayal, self-delusion, the nature of hope and loyalty.

These compelling and beautifully crafted stories show us that humanity has more that binds us together than separates us. That action and consequences all have a cost and that truth and lies are sometimes only divided by a heartbeat.

True North Reviews

There is a cosmopolitan breadth to Andre Mangeot's stories that gives them exceptional range and cultural richness. These layered narratives are fraught with the eruption of memory, the complications of the past, with encounters that grow taut through misunderstanding and darkly ensuing consequence. Few writers would dare to mix historical and fictional characters as he does in the title story and few could write from the viewpoint of other cultures with such sensitivity and interior authority. His subjects are beautifully observed and his style has technique equal to their variety and emotional scale.

-- Graham Mort

About A Little Javanese:

These stories are pacy, eventful, sometimes violent, their settings unusually varied and colourful but they nevertheless remain grounded in real human experience, so that we can believe in the characters and recognise their dilemmas. A disturbingly unpredictable world emerges, populated by isolated individuals who can only guess at one another's motives.

-- Chris Beckett

In plain, uncluttered prose, these stories illuminate pivotal moments in their characters' lives. Their yearning for escape and flight speaks of a deep-rooted psychological unease which the protagonists' themselves - although not the author - are unable, or unwilling, to explore.

-- Colette Paul

Intertwines the personal and the political with terrific skill ... a fantastic collection: ambitious, moving and beautifully written.

-- Joe Dunthorne

With a meticulous sense of place, Andre Mangeot presents a series of characters caught between worlds, on the cusp of change, between life and death. His stories are gripping and atmospheric, full of impending doom and unexpected redemptions.

-- Sarah Bower

About Mr Andre Mangeot

Andre Mangeot lives and works in Cambridge. He has published two well-received poetry collections: Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005) and is a member of the performance group, The Joy of Six. His first book of short stories A Little Javanese (Salt, 2008) was praised as a fantastic collection: ambitious, moving and beautifully written ... gripping and atmospheric.

Table of Contents

  • Rain
  • Monkey Knife Fight
  • Tajine with Madonna
  • Borderline
  • The Wood Yard
  • The Never-Still and the Stars
  • True North

Additional information

GOR006050499
9781844718283
184471828X
True North by Mr Andre Mangeot
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Salt Publishing
20101008
176
Long-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2011 (UK) Long-listed for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2011 (Ireland)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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