Tag: short story collection

• Book Review – The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  

  I’ve loved everything I’ve read so far by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer who weaves captivating and compelling stories of great strength, populated by characters so vividly brought to life that we find ourselves really feeling with them. From the devastating effects of political and social unrest on everyday families to traditional religion and culture…

  RestingWillow

  July 16, 2023

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  African author, African authors, African fiction, African literature, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, short stories, short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck

• Book Review – I Wanted To Be Close To You by Katie Oliver

  

  I Wanted To Be Close To You by Katie Oliver is a collection of darkly humorous and sharply written short stories exploring the female experience in particular, written at a snappy pace that perfectly suits their short length. In fact, these stories are so short – some merely a page long – that they emerge…

  RestingWillow

  November 27, 2022

  book review, books

  book blogger, book review, Fly on the Wall Press, I Wanted to be Close to You, Irish author, Irish fiction, Katie Oliver author, short stories, short story collection