Dining Alone

Dining Alone

Dining Alone

Barbara Santich

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Editorial:
Wakefield Press
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781743052686
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In these short stories the table is a scene of revenge and nostalgic memories, self-realisation and self-indulgence, separations and new beginnings. In turn warm and witty, acerbic and compassionate, sad and joyful, the stories in Dining Alone demonstrate the rich possibilities that food brings to fiction.

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