- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Publisher: PS Publishing (31 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 190288003X
- ISBN-13: 978-1902880037
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,495,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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LENINGRAD NIGHTS by the World Fantasy Award nominated author of THE TOOTH FAIRY. A story of human dignity , the hunger for survival and a possibly angelic intervention set during the 900 day siege of Leningrad in WWII. HOW THE OTHER HALV LIVES by the Arthur C. Clarke Aawrd nominated author of DAYS. A modern Faustian tale. A business ensures his glittering success by the brutal abuse of his doppleganger, little suspecting that he is laying the foundations for his own destruction.
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LENINGRAD NIGHTS by Graham Joyce
LENINGRAD NIGHTS by Graham Joyce
'Leningrad Nights is one of those works of fiction that seem to arrive unmediated from a space located at an oblique angle slightly above the earth's surface. Graham Joyce uses the novella's unique mixture of liberating length and liberating brevity to evoke a phantasmal, haunted version of Leningrad.' PETER STRAUB
'Hard, beautiful and thoroughly engaging, this novella explores the horror of the real, life at its extreme bending the mind to new realities and perceptions.' MICHAEL ROWLEY Waterstones
'A superb piece of work' PAUL BRAZIER Interzone
'Not only extremely well done from an artistic point of view, it's also morally uplifting - a good story in both senses' CHRIS GILMORE Interzone
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES by James Lovegrove
'Like Lovegrove's novels The Hope and Days, How the Other Half Lives (and what a cunning title that turns out to be) describes a monstrous edifice founded on injustice. There is a stealth in its calm; there is a courage and anger in there that will make you blink and marvel.' COLIN GREENLAND
'A highly enjoyable Faustian tale. Fast paced and with a surprising plot twist. A fabulous cautionary tale about greed and ego, proving once again that James Lovegrove has got what it takes to hit the big time.' MICHAEL ROWLEY Waterstones
'The story is developed with his usual wit and attention to detail and some excellent dialogue' CHRIS GILMORE Interzone --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Another nice little work by Graham Joyce.
17 July 2005
Format:Paperback
I like Graham Joyce. He writes dreamy, somewhat surreal and fantastic fiction that usually not overly cloying. His books are usually somewhat short, which them imminently digestible pieces of another time/place/state of mind; sharp and resonant pieces of work that never suffer from padding. Of course not all of his works are like this - the more serious "Smoking Poppy" which does not indulge in so many enjoyable flights of fancy like a "Tooth Fairy" or "Limits of Enchantment" is the exception more than the rule however.
This short novella (under 100 pages) "Leningrad Nights" falls into the Graham Joyce mold squarely. Sometimes set in a foreign land from his own (he resides in England), in another time, it could be just more historical fiction, but he sets his own unique slight fantastical and whimsical spin upon it.
"Leningrad Nights" is the tale of a young boy facing a battle for survival during the 900 day long German Siege of Leningrad from 1941-44. It tells his story of survival against a very well-illustrated portrait of a bitterly cold and war-torn city... indeed, the portrait of the city in the throes of war and siege are among the strongest descriptions of the book. But while war forces people to make harsh decisions, this novella may be regarded as not just a struggle for survival of body but for soul as well as the boy becomes the adoptive father of a prostitute's father.
This is a short novella, so much is not as well developed as I would like, I could see this making an engrossing longer book, but it succeeds for what it is - an insightful, descriptive, and slightly turned account of events that we are lucky we only have to experience through Graham Joyce's lyrical prose.
This short novella (under 100 pages) "Leningrad Nights" falls into the Graham Joyce mold squarely. Sometimes set in a foreign land from his own (he resides in England), in another time, it could be just more historical fiction, but he sets his own unique slight fantastical and whimsical spin upon it.
"Leningrad Nights" is the tale of a young boy facing a battle for survival during the 900 day long German Siege of Leningrad from 1941-44. It tells his story of survival against a very well-illustrated portrait of a bitterly cold and war-torn city... indeed, the portrait of the city in the throes of war and siege are among the strongest descriptions of the book. But while war forces people to make harsh decisions, this novella may be regarded as not just a struggle for survival of body but for soul as well as the boy becomes the adoptive father of a prostitute's father.
This is a short novella, so much is not as well developed as I would like, I could see this making an engrossing longer book, but it succeeds for what it is - an insightful, descriptive, and slightly turned account of events that we are lucky we only have to experience through Graham Joyce's lyrical prose.
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