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140 Characters [Kindle Edition]

Simon Sylvester (Author), Rebecca Woodhead (Foreword), Richard Todd (Illustrator)
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Simon Sylvester’s “140 Characters’ is a vibrant and exciting collection of Twitter poetry from a debut author. Strictly adhering to the 140 characters or less rule applied on Twitter, Sylvester takes the reader to worlds that are both funny and sad, touching and terrifying. Witness the worlds of prom queens and bin men, of Sherlock Holmes and Noddy, of Glasgow and Colditz, of extinct bees and Catherine wheels. Go read it. Then go tweet about it.

This ebook features Richard Todd’s illustrations in greyscale and poetry that will take you to another world…and then another…and then another…

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1043 KB
  • Print Length: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Cargo Crate (21 Jan 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004QGYPLO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #420,541 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A tweet speaks a thousand words.... 24 Jun 2011
By Bowie16
Format:Kindle Edition
"We put it in a box marked 'what the doctor said', and we buried it." Simon Sylvester

We are told that a picture speaks a thousand words, and I would argue in the case of '140 Characters' so does a tweet. I have learned that Sylvester began writing his particular contemporary brand of nano fiction as twitter updates, which were then picked up by new publishing company Cargo Crate, and a selection were then made into this fantastic volume. There is a fine art to making deeply thought provoking stories, let alone with limited space and Sylvester achieves this with aplomb.

At times darkly sinister and deeply moving, and others sarcastic, tongue in cheek and laugh out loud funny; in many cases a combination of the above, '140 Characters' is a treat for the senses which can be picked up and put down with ease and re-read over and over. At worst, it will be the most fabulous 'loo book' you will ever own, and the accompanying illustrations are a treat and complement the stories beautifully. The polar opposite of those rambling, pompous books that over-use language and yet never engage the reader or touch on any emotional core. Buy it. You will not regret it.
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