Some Rain Must Fall - And Other Stories

Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers. But Faber's radically inventive style fastens all fifteen stories into a compelling collection deserving of the high praise it garnered in the United Kingdom. One surreal story, "Fish," projects a futuristic world populated with fish swimming in the air. As sharks hover in abandoned corners and human zealots of the Church of the Armageddon loose their fanaticism on the innocent, it's a mother's full-time job to protect her young daughter. The title story, "Some Rain Must Fall," tells of a substitute schoolteacher called on in a crisis, and as she encourages her pupils to express their feelings, we learn the source of the class's trouble: a devastating act that resonates with contemporary America. As Garth Morris wrote in the Mail on Sunday (London), "these are well-crafted pieces of quiet forlorn intensity in a very real world."

About the author

Michel Faber's work has been published in twenty countries and received several literary awards. He lives in Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Michel Faber
• Publisher: Harper Collins (US)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2001
• EAN: 9780156011488
• ISBN: 978-0-15-601148-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Harvest Original
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fantasy, Short Stories, Contemporary Fantasy, Magical Realism, United States of America, USA, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION: Absurdist *, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Magical Realism, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: World Literature / England / 20th Century, FICTION: World Literature / England / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary