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Storm Warning explores the echoes and aftershocks of human conflict in a series of powerful stories in which the characters are tested, sometimes to breaking point. Gebbie pulls no punches, exploring the after-effects of atrocity and sometimes, the seeds of atrocity itself.
List of contents
- The Return of the Baker, Edwin Tregear
- Storm Warning
- Gas Gangrene
- Road Kill
- Cello Strings and Screeching Metal
- Confession to a Drowned Dog
- The Wig Maker
- Maiba's Ribbon
- Letters from Kilburn
- The Salt Box
- Wei Ch-i
- Background Noise
- Red Sandals
- Large Capacity, Severe Abuse
- The Ale-Heretic
- On the Beach
- Talking to Golda
- Lay By
- Shibuya Intersection
- The Strong Mind of Musa B'Bele
About the author
Vanessa Gebbie is a novelist and award-winning short story writer. Author of two collections:
Words from a Glass Bubble and
Storm Warning (Salt), her novel
The Coward's Tale (Bloomsbury UK/US) was selected as a UK
Financial Times Book of the Year and Guardian readers' book of the year. Her stories have been commissioned by literary journals, the British Council, for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, and are widely anthologised. www.vanessagebbie.com
Summary
Storm Warning explores the echoes and aftershocks of human conflict in a series of powerful stories in which the characters are tested, sometimes to breaking point. Gebbie pulls no punches, exploring the after-effects of atrocity and sometimes, the seeds of atrocity itself.
