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Chemistry and Other Stories

By Tim Pears
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Chemistry and Other Stories by Tim Pears is a collection of short stories that delves into the intricacies of human relationships and the complex web of emotions that bind people together. Through compelling narratives, Pears explores themes such as love, jealousy, and the quiet moments that reveal profound truths. Each story offers a snapshot of life, capturing the delicate balance between connection and solitude.
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This collection offers a richly woven tapestry of interconnected tales, ideal if you favour character-driven narratives and immersive storytelling. You might appreciate the exploration of human emotions, relationships, and the intricacies of everyday life, all delivered with a touch of warmth and wit.

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As good as any modern fiction you will read this year Sunday Times, Best new short story collections

A wife compulsively digs in her garden. Two brothers, long estranged, reunite for a terse, heady summer. A woman flies to Krakow to see her adult son. At dusk, a teenage girl pushes her dying mother out into the sea. A small boy sits on his own in the cinema, entranced by the cowboys who light up the screen.

With these short stories, Tim Pears illuminates a series of blazing moments in quiet lives – the tragic, strange, funny and beautiful fragments that make and unmake us – and shines a light into the gulfs that lie between us and those who should know us best.

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Chemistry and Other Stories by Tim Pears features a collection of narratives with a strong sense of rural life, exploring family dynamics and the mystique of mortality. The storytelling is noted for its assured and unhurried style, with stories radiating both warmth and a keen observation of contemporary life's illuminating moments. Pears' lyrical prose and gentle exploration of familial interplay draw comparisons to Thomas Hardy, while also capturing an English sensibility reminiscent of Faulkner and García Márquez.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526623416

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 191g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Tim Pears is the winner of a Lannan Prize and the author of ten novels, including In the Place of Fallen Leaves (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award), In a Land of Plenty (made into a ten-part BBC series), Landed (shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2012 and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2011, winner of the MJA Open Book Awards 2011) and most recently the critically acclaimed West Country Trilogy. He has been Writer in Residence at Cheltenham Festival of Literature and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow and Reading Round Lector, and has taught creative writing for Arvon, the University of Oxford, First Story and Ruskin College, among others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He and his wife live in Oxford. They have two children.

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