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I chose 'The Prince' - because the writing is word-perfect - with the story quietly remarking on how something out of the ordinary both does and doesn't affect daily life. In particular, I was enchanted by deft descriptions of nature - Novelist and Bridport judge Tracy Chevalier
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From the heat of Africa to the warmth of France or the snowbound dales of northern England, this is an assured and absorbing collection. Including the Bridport prize-winning story 'The Prince', Touch spans twenty years of short-story writing from author and poet Graham Mort. From a young child adrift on an ice-filled lake to an ageing farmer facing life alone, the twenty-one stories display a deep sensitivity to both the natural world and to human relationships. In skilfully crafted prose, vivid with detail, Mort examines the strength and fragility of life and the ties that hold us within it.
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This is a rich collection of beautifully written stories. `The Prince' has been one of my all-time favourite short stories since it won the Bridport Prize in 2007. The book was a pleasure from beginning to end and lived up to my high expectations from reading `The Prince'. Each story is alive with details of the natural world and provides a vibrant sense of place and time. Within those textured worlds, characters are lovingly evoked, their situations unraveling in a range of surprising ways: for the collection contains an impressive range of coming of age stories, love stories, muted tragedies and biting black comedies. Lyrical poem-like narratives - `The Beauty of Ice' and `Why I've Always Loved Fishmongers' and `The Prince' - develop into heart-rending coming of age stories. Tender love stories like `A Walk in the Snow' and `Resistance' are counterbalanced by the wry humour of `Friday Night' and `Smokehouse'. Other pieces such as `Ducklings' and `The Caretaker' are clever pieces of suspense and carry the reader into darker territory. Throughout, the stories are politically aware as well as personally resonant. All in all, Touch is one to read and reread - beautifully written, tender and moving, funny and sad.
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