Speaking with the Angel: Das Hörbuch zum Sprachen lernen mit ausgewählten Kurzgeschichten. Niveau A2

Fielding, Helen; Hornby, Nick

ISBN 10: 3198924359 ISBN 13: 9783198924358

Publisher: Hueber Verlag GmbH, 2004

Synopsis

A dozen of the most successful and popular writers today including: Helen Fielding, Robert Harris, Patrick Marber, Zadie Smith, John O'Farrell, Roddy Doyle, Melissa Bank and Irvine Welsh have written 6000-word fictional monologues along the lines ofAlan Bennet's Talking Heads. And Colin Firth makes his début as a fiction writer. The result is a book of completely original stories that have heart, soul and wit. All the writers have given their work free, and Penguin is giving £1 per copy sold to the TreeHouse Trust, a charity which is setting up a unique school for autistic children

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Review:

The contributors' list of this collection of freshly penned literary monologues, published to help The Treehouse Trust, a charity for autistic children, reads like a Who's Who of the richest, hippest authors in the UK--with a healthy smattering of talent from across the pond.

The editor, Nick (High Fidelity) Hornby, as well as writing a moving and very heartfelt introduction--his own child is autistic--submits one of the best efforts: "Nipple Jesus", a slyly funny parable about a security man guarding a chunk of dubious modern art. Other notable contributions come from Irvine (Trainspotting) Welsh with one of his identity-swap-stories, this time about a Scottish stud-muffin turned into an unwitting gay, and John (The Best A Man Can Get) O'Farrell, with a predictably funny, surprisingly edgy confessional from a mime artist slowly going to the dogs. Other big names included are Helen Fielding, Robert Harries, Zadie Smith, Roddy Doyle, et al.

As with many of these projects, there is a slight feeling of incestuousness; Hornby actually admits that Harries is married to his sister, and that O'Farrell went to his school. But given the goodness of the cause, it's no real reason to quibble. --Sean Thomas

About the Author:

Nick Hornby is the author of three international bestselling books: FEVER PITCH (1992), HIGH FIDELITY (1995) and ABOUT A BOY (1998). All three have either been filmed or are about to be. He lives in Highbury, north London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hueber Verlag GmbH
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 3198924359
• ISBN 13: 9783198924358
• Binding: Cards