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Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Vol 4 [Kindle Edition]

Ruth Brandt (Author), Miha Mazzini (Author), Naomi Lever (Author), Laura Lewis (Author), Niven Govinden (Author), Eluned Gramich (Author), Ian Burton (Author), John Fairweather (Author), Emily Bullock (Author), Timothy Bunting (Author)

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Original, exciting and innovative writing abounds in this collection of 20 irresistible short stories. Selected from more than 2,000 entries for the 2011 Bristol Short Story Prize, here are 20 superb writers illustrating not only their own talents but, also, the vast spectacle of the short story.
Featuring:
Ruth Brandt, Emily Bullock, Timothy Bunting, Ian Burton, John Fairweather, Niven Govinden, Eluned Gramich, Naomi Lever, Laura Lewis, Miha Mazzini, Paul O'Reilly, Nastasya Parker, Robert Perry, Philip St John, Genevieve Scott, Safia Shah, Melanie Whipman, Peter Winder, Laura Windley, Rachael Withers

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 514 KB
Print Length: 180 pages
Publisher: Bristol Review of Books Ltd (24 July 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B005EHQEHW
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Formulaic 5 Dec 2011

By Jerzy K.

Format:Paperback

There are lots of good ideas in this collection, there are a few amazingly good stories as well (including the First Prize winner), and one or two stories are so poor I am actually astonished that they ever made it to the shortlist.

Overall, however, it is too obvious that these stories are all written by people having followed so called 'creative writing' courses: they are formulaic in build up and the 'original' metaphors are far fetched at the best of times. The main goal of most of these stories seems to be winning (or ranking high) in a contest, rather than to tell a decent story and deliver true originality. I suppose that in times, where X-factors rule the world and where our brains are rarely challenged at all, literature can not fall behind in becoming more bland, and choose mass entertainment over originality and quality. Lost opportunity.

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By Cathy Linton

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There are some good stories in this collection, the best one being the over-all winner. Unfortunately, there is also some dross. A couple of stories are so poor they should never be in print!

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