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A Moment in Berlin and Other Stories [Kindle Edition]

Ian Hocking (Author)
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A son, a daughter, a twin brother, a stranger. These four short stories explore the meaning of absence for each. Author Ian Hocking is best known for his science fiction novels. With these literary shorts, he looks again at identity, isolation, and how we make sense of the world when left behind.

A Moment in Berlin: Runner up in the Radio Ryedale Prize for Short Fiction.
Afterlife: First published in Fragment Magazine.
Jubilee: First published in Aesthetica.
Missing Person: Published here for the first time.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 362 KB
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Thirst eDitions Fiction; 1 edition (2 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005FPN2IW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #173,948 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Morbid curiosity 1 Dec 2011
By Kindler
Format:Kindle Edition
The theme running through these tales is one of mortality and how it affects us. They can read as being somewhat morbid and certainly, they don't make light reading - however, they are so short as to lessen any depression and the subject matter is thought-provoking and involving. In the same way as one can enjoy the dour downwards inflection of Radiohead songs, so one can enjoy Hocking's short stories about death. They are short stories in the classic sense - no real action, just a mood, a situation, feelings, thoughts, then a finish, or reveal. They are short - you could read each story during a commute or train journey - but beautifully-written, they give you a wonderful glimpse of the standard of literature that Hocking can produce.

I must add - if you have read this author's Saskia Brandt stories, these tales are completely different. But still recommended.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Elegant and touching. 25 Oct 2011
By FloydT
Format:Kindle Edition
It's rare to discover the sort of gentle elegance on offer in this collection of short stories by Ian Hocking.

Personally I found the stories engaging, littered with some wonderful descriptions and observations and refreshingly unpretentious. This isn't a collection that reinvents the medium of short stories and clearly wasn't ever intended to.

What it is is a thoroughly good read.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Very average 11 Dec 2012
By Danny der Rote
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sorry - this was a very average piece of writing and I'm pleased it was cheap otherwise I would have felt cheated ...... there so many very good books where Berlin is the background for the work.
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