Description
Howell's much-celebrated stories interweave elements of the commonplace with darkness, subterfuge and sheer weirdness, all realised with natural narrative flair. In this striking new collection, we see Howell explore a wide range of cultures, including Hawaii, Portugal and Japan, alongside these are period tales, and sinister and sexual encounters, all related with a cool eye for our desires and obsessions.
About the Author
Brian Howell is an author and teacher living and working near Tokyo, Japan. He has published three novels and over thirty-five short stories online and in print, including one short story collection in 2004 and inclusion in Best British Short Stories 2018 (edited by Nicholas Royle). His novels have often dealt with themes around Dutch genre painting and optical devices. He writes poems, is a keen cinema-goer and cyclist, and listens to many podcasts.
Reviews
Brian Howell's latest collection of short stories, The Man Who Loved Kuras and Other Stories (Salt, 2022), is wonderfully weird. What can be done in a short story, which is much harder to sustain over the length of an entire novel, is to explore feelings and situations that are off-kilter, at odds with the norm. These are narratives that push the boundaries of acceptance and conjure feelings of uneasiness, sometimes even repulsion, but that also challenge views on how people choose, or are forced, to live. Bearing in mind these elements, I feel The Man Who Loved Kuras and Other Stories, although not for everyone, is not only wonderfully weird, but also weirdly wonderful.
-- Laura Besley * Everybody's Reviewing *Book Information
ISBN 9781784632618
Author Brian Howell
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Salt Publishing
Publisher Salt Publishing
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 111mm * 14mm
