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PublisherParthian Books

ISBN-101908946946

ISBN-139781908946942

eBay Product ID (ePID)169892697

Product Key Features

Book TitleCosmic Latte

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicUrban, Short Stories (Single Author)

GenreFiction

AuthorRachel Trezise

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Reviews" Cosmic Latte is a mix of oddball characters drawn in deft comic strokes, underpinned by sensitive insight into the more complicated nuances that drive their personal desires and ambitions." --Penny Simpson, New Welsh Review, "Each story is a multi-layered, deeply imagined piece of fiction, very often with the breadth and scope of a novel." --John Lavin, Wales Art Review, "Trezise very much speaks for and about her generation; she is honest, funny, perceptive and fresh." -Nuala Ní Chonchúir, The Short Review, "Trezise very much speaks for and about her generation; she is honest, funny, perceptive and fresh." --Nuala Ní Chonchúir, The Short Review, " Cosmic Latte is a mix of oddball characters drawn in deft comic strokes, underpinned by sensitive insight into the more complicated nuances that drive their personal desires and ambitions." -Penny Simpson, New Welsh Review, "Each story is a multi-layered, deeply imagined piece of fiction, very often with the breadth and scope of a novel." -John Lavin, Wales Art Review, "Trezise very much speaks for and about her generation; she is honest, funny, perceptive and fresh." -Nuala N Chonchir, The Short Review, Orthodox Jewish teenager Levi, having been caught fishing pornography from a waste bin in a Brooklyn Park, is sent to reform school in Israel, his simple pious existence threatened when he meets moon-faced nymphomaniac Tzippy, resident of a nearby psychiatric hospital. Lonely seven-year-old third generation Northern Irish- Italian, Majella, finds solace in her collection of Barbie dolls when her father is murdered by terrorists and her mother is floored by grief, learning to deal with the horrors of the world through childs play. East German opera aficionado, Silke, faces a life-changing decision when she wakes to find her American lover, Michael, stranded on the opposite side of an impenetrable but hastily thrown-up wall. Here, deep tragedy rubs shoulders with sharp comedy as children come of age and adults come to terms. 'Each story is a multi-layered, deeply imagined piece of fiction, very often with the breadth and scope of a novel.Wales Arts Review 'Trezise very much speaks for and about her generation; she is honest, funny, perceptive and fresh.'Nuala N Chonchir, The Short Review 'Cosmic Latte is 'a mix of oddball characters drawn in deft comic strokes, underpinned by sensitive insight into the more complicated nuances that drive their personal desires and ambitions.'New Welsh Review

Dewey Decimal823.92

SynopsisMigrants, immigrants, travelers, and holidaymakers populate the 11 stories that comprise this collection from one of the most respected young Welsh writers. These vignettes focus on lives lived on either side of boundaries and on the fringes of society, and teem with characters whose dreams, yearnings, and regrets are at once unique and universal. Orthodox Jewish teenager Levi, having been caught with pornography, is sent from Brooklyn to a reform school in Israel, where his pious existence is threatened by the nymphomaniac Tzippy, a resident of a nearby psychiatric hospital. Lonely seven-year-old, third-generation Northern Irish Italian Majella finds solace in her collection of Barbie dolls when her father is murdered by terrorists and her mother is crippled by grief. East German opera aficionado Silke faces a life-changing decision when she wakes to find her American lover stranded on the opposite side of an impenetrable but hastily thrown-up wall. Deep tragedy meets sharp comedy as children come of age and adults come to terms in these unforgettable stories.""", Migrants, immigrants, travelers, and holidaymakers populate the 11 stories that comprise this collection from one of the most respected young Welsh writers. These vignettes focus on lives lived on either side of boundaries and on the fringes of society, and teem with characters whose dreams, yearnings, and regrets are at once unique and universal. Orthodox Jewish teenager Levi, having been caught with pornography, is sent from Brooklyn to a reform school in Israel, where his pious existence is threatened by the nymphomaniac Tzippy, a resident of a nearby psychiatric hospital. Lonely seven-year-old, third-generation Northern IrishItalian Majella finds solace in her collection of Barbie dolls when her father is murdered by terrorists and her mother is crippled by grief. East German opera aficionado Silke faces a life-changing decision when she wakes to find her American lover stranded on the opposite side of an impenetrable but hastily thrown-up wall. Deep tragedy meets sharp comedy as children come of age and adults come to terms in these unforgettable stories., Migrants, immigrants, travelers, and holidaymakers populate the 11 stories that comprise this collection from one of the most respected young Welsh writers. These vignettes focus on lives lived on either side of boundaries and on the fringes of society, and teem with characters whose dreams, yearnings, and regrets are at once unique and universal. Orthodox Jewish teenager Levi, having been caught with pornography, is sent from Brooklyn to a reform school in Israel, where his pious existence is threatened by the nymphomaniac Tzippy, a resident of a nearby psychiatric hospital. Lonely seven-year-old, third-generation Northern Irish-Italian Majella finds solace in her collection of Barbie dolls when her father is murdered by terrorists and her mother is crippled by grief. East German opera aficionado Silke faces a life-changing decision when she wakes to find her American lover stranded on the opposite side of an impenetrable but hastily thrown-up wall. Deep tragedy meets sharp comedy as children come of age and adults come to terms in these unforgettable stories., Migrants, immigrants, travellers, and holidaymakers feature in Dylan Thomas Prize-winner Rachel Trezises second collection of short fiction: in eleven dazzling stories of lives lived on either side of boundaries, and on the fringes of society., Migrants, immigrants, travellers, and holidaymakers feature in Dylan Thomas Prize-winner Rachel Trezises second collection of short fiction: in eleven dazzling stories of lives lived on either side of boundaries, and on the fringes of society, is teeming with unforgettable characters whose dreams, yearnings and regrets are at once unique and universal.Orthodox Jewish teenager Levi, having been caught fishing pornography from a waste bin in a Brooklyn Park, is sent to reform school in Israel, his simple pious existence threatened when he meets moon-faced nymphomaniac Tzippy, resident of a nearby psychiatric hospital. Lonely seven-year-old third generation Northern Irish- Italian, Majella, finds solace in her collection of Barbie dolls when her father is murdered by terrorists and her mother is floored by grief, learning to deal with the horrors of the world through childs play. East German opera aficionado, Silke, faces a life-changing decision when she wakes to find her American lover, Michael, stranded on the opposite side of an impenetrable but hastily thrown-up wall.Here, deep tragedy rubs shoulders with sharp comedy as children come of age and adults come to terms.

LC Classification NumberPR6070.R44