Jellyfish: Janice Galloway - Softcover

Galloway, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847086675 ISBN 13: 9781847086679

Publisher: Granta Books, 2019

Synopsis

In this powerful collection, Janice Galloway takes on David Lodge's assertion that 'literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life's the other way round'. Her multi-layered stories not only explore sex and sexuality, but parenthood, relationships, the connections between generations, death, ambition and loss. Here are sixteen razor-sharp tales about the raw and poignant stuff of life, from one of Scotland's best loved and most acclaimed authors.

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Review

'An exquisite short story collection'--Guardian

'This is a short story collection to savour, by one of the foremost Scottish writers of her generation'--Irish Times

'With this electrifying volume Galloway proves herself a truly powerful writer who deserves to be much better known'--Independent

'Pictures, sometimes beautiful, sometimes startling... a gift for the unforeseen and illuminating phrase'--Scotsman

'The characters [are] beautifully pressed into print'--Sunday Times

'Thoughtful, observant tales threaded with a sense of unease, and with an emotional eloquence that touches deeply... Superbly crafted'--Herald

'Galloway is an expert storyteller...Poignant and often darkly funny [it] is brutally, exquisitely observed... There are terrific character pieces, linguistic snapshots and heartfelt commentary. It's all written with tremendous precision and poise, with truly deep understanding of human psychology, and with enormous empathy for the ordinary, damaged characters Galloway spends time with. Moving stuff'--Big Issue

'Galloway strips away some of our comforting illusions and confronts us with our weaknesses, our fears and our fallibility'--Skinny

'From one of Britain's best writers... With sharp observation and occasional shocking wit, Jellyfish's 16 stories take on the most intimate stuff of life: sex, sexuality, parenthood, ambition and death...riveting'--In the Moment

'These stories of sex, parenthood and love - from women in a psychiatric ward to a spurned lover burning their partners possessions - are raw, real and beautifully written'--Bookseller

'Part of the joy of these stories is Galloway's writing...a lovely [and] thoroughly enjoyable, thoughtful, wryly amusing yet often poignant collection' ----A Life in Books

About the Author

Janice Galloway is a prize-winning author of three novels, The Trick is to Keep Breathing, winner of the MIND Book of the Year Award; Foreign Parts, winner of the McVitie's Prize, and Clara, winner of the E.M. Forster Award, the Creative Scotland Award, and the Saltire Book of the Year Award. She is also the author of two memoirs This is Not About Me, winner of the SMIT Non-Fiction Book of the Year, and All Made Up; and of two previous collections of short stories. She has written and presented three radio series for BBC Scotland and works extensively with musicians and visual artists. She lives and works in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1847086675
• ISBN 13: 9781847086679
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240