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The Book of Other People (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (28 Aug 2008)
  • ISBN-10: 0141029323
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141029320
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 126,100 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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`Touching, insightful and funny, this eclectic assortment of humanity gives the reader a rare glimpse into other, unimagined lives'.

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`A roll-call of the hip and the smart on both sides of the Atlantic fills this charity anthology of short stories'.


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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Failiure to launch, 27 Dec 2007
By NB (Middlesbrough, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Other People (Hardcover)
I was excited by this book.

The cover art, the authors I've previously enjoyed (Toby Litt, Adam Thirlwell, A.M Holmes, Nick Hornby) and illustrations by Daniel Clowes and Posy Simmonds.

According to the blurb: "The Book of Other People" is just that: a book of other people. With an introduction by Zadie Smith and brand-new stories from over twenty of the best writers of their generation from both sides of the Atlantic, "The Book of Other People" is as dazzling and inventive as its authors, and as vivid and wide-ranging as its characters."

Although the characters and situations are wide-ranging this doesn't mean they're engaging.

Short stories are often seen as the less glamorous siblings of the novel but they're often a lot harder to master, and this is evident here.

The trouble is, it left me feeling bit flat. Whist there are some ace stories in here, I get the feeling that some of these writers are so sued to having a full novel to flesh a character and their story out, that having a short story to make their mark was perhaps too much of a challenge.

David Mitchell's Judith Castle, Heidi Julavits Judge Gladys Park Schultz and Rhoda, By Jonathan Safran Foer really stood out, but the rest, whilst the actual writing is proficient, a fair few of the scenarios refused to lift off the page, with characters who weren't that interesting or believable, which was disappointing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read, 27 May 2009
By Bert Dombrecht (Bruges, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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An interesting read. Lots of different perspectives on storytelling and on building characters. Nice concept. Of course there are some quite trivial stories in the book but also some very touching ones!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 19 Mar 2009
By JamieJ (London, UK) - See all my reviews
A nice collection of character snapshots, but overall quite hit-and-miss. Some of them are short stories in themselves, others are character sketches, and a few are really not worth reading.

A nice idea for a book and a great collection of contributors, but this is no one's best work.
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