Not the end of the world : stories / Kate Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Kate.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, 2003.

Summary:

When she burst onto the literary scene with her prizewinning debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson announced herself as a writer of rare and original talent. The stories in Atkinson's newest work of fiction confirm her abundant gifts: equal parts comedy, tragedy, and myth, they inevitably lead to utterly surprising conclusions. Meredith Zane, one of the legendary Zane sisters, known for their perfect teeth and far-flung travels, may have just discovered the secret of eternal life. Fielding, a burned-out media critic, suspects he has a doppelganger who is sullying his reputation -- and having a much better time than Fielding ever has. Marianne is a young mother whose untimely end on a rainy highway doesn't necessarily keep her out of her family's life. Arthur, a neglected and precocious eight-year-old boy taken under the wing of an enigmatic nanny, discovers a world he never knew existed. It's Kate Atkinson's world, and these are just a few of its inhabitants, a constellation of unforgettable characters living unpredictably between reality and possibility. With wry humor and keen observation, with nods to traditions both ancient and contemporary, Not the End of the World crackles with endlessly entertaining comedy and substance.

Contents:

Charlene and Trudi go shopping

Tunnel of fish

Transparent fiction

Dissonance

Sheer big waste of love

Unseen translation

Evil doppelgängers

The cat lover

The bodies vest

Temporal anomaly

Wedding favors

Pleasureland.

ISBN:

0316614300

OCLC:

187653004