Review
Praise for The Wave Theory of Angels:
'Wonderful' Time Out
'Utterly delightful, beautifully written' Alberto Manguel
New Woman, September 2007
'Clever, full of depth and at times bust-a-rib funny, this is chick lit for the cynical.'
Guardian, September 22, 2007
'MacLeod's fictions are modern indeed. They are fragmentary evocations of desire and its mysteries, passing glimpses into minds and hearts: tender; pierced; translucent.... [Her] characters are strong, and they are worth listening to'
The Guardian, 22nd September 2007
'MacLeod's fictions are modern indeed. They are fragmentary evocations of desire and its mysteries, passing glimpses into minds and hearts: tender; pierced; translucent.... [Her] characters are strong, and they are worth listening to'
The Big Issue, Oct. 15-21 2007
Beautifully crafted, [these stories] range from brilliantly observed humour...to the haunting and heart-rending... Immensely readable.
Time Out, Jan. 23, 2008
'Alison MacLeod's collection is a baker's dozen of excellence book-ended by brilliance... Highly recommended.'
The Big Issue, Oct. 15-21 2007
Beautifully crafted, [these stories] range from brilliantly observed humour...to the haunting and heart-rending... Immensely readable.
New Woman, September 2007
'Clever, full of depth and at times bust-a-rib funny, this is chick lit for the cynical.'
Product Description
Sexy, tender, funny and haunting by turns, the stories in Alison MacLeod’s daring new collection are tales of lovers, would-be lovers and lovers gone wrong. Here we discover ECT patient Gloria, who falls for her anaesthetist, ‘Dr Numb’; the cerebral Nick, who chases after the heavily pregnant Katie at an Ikea sale; and the legendary lovers Heloise and Abelard re-imagined for the twenty-first century. With settings that range from a cheap Paris café to London’s Hayward Gallery, and from the Brighton seafront to the Nova Scotia coast, these stories are at times magical, at times grittily real, but always affecting.
About the Author
Alison MacLeod is the author of The Changeling and The Wave Theory of Angels. Her short stories have been published by Prospect, London Magazine, Pulp.Net and Virago. She lives in Brighton and teaches at the University of Chichester.
