Description
"this is no fairy story but a story of human beings" In Charlie Hill's satirical short story collection, people stare. Behind twitching curtains. Behind the lens of a camera. With an eye reminiscent of Samuel Beckett, Charlie Hill invites you to be privy to strange social experiments, laugh at the pomp of the privileged classes and dwell in space, floating in the introspection of your solitary thoughts. As these stories delve into questions of human nature, you just might recognise yourself...
Satire from experienced writer Charlie Hill, who has been interviewed by Mariella Frostrup on BBC Radio 4's Open Book.
About the Author
Charlie Hill is an internationally-acclaimed author from Birmingham. He has written long and short form memoir, and contemporary, historical and experimental fiction. Charlie has been interviewed by Mariella Frostrup on BBC Radio 4's Open Book. His work features on the title track of The Birmingham Poets, an album by Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates. Short stories have been republished by the Ikon Gallery - to complement the show At Home With Vanley Burke - and taught in South Australian schools. He is the co-founder and former Director of a literary festival, the PowWow Festival of Writing, which ran from 2011 to 2017 and featured guests such as Joanne Harris, Alex Wheatle, Stewart Home and Natalie Haynes. He has also appeared at many such events, including Frankfurt's Literaturm and the Birmingham Literary Festival. As well as writing books, Charlie has been published by the TLS, the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the New Statesman and the Big Issue. He has also contributed to Writers' Rebel. An occasional teacher, Charlie's focus is on the sentence, with particular reference to Modernist writing. In addition to running workshops for festivals and in universities, Charlie has devised and delivered a Masterclass on Experimental Writing for Arvon. He is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Reviews
'Wonderful - a collection of brilliantly inventive absurdist tales from our increasingly fictional reality. If Kafka had come from Birmingham and written about climate change, feminism, war, food, parenting and space travel, then the result might well have resembled The State of Us. The best sort of hilarious and poignant satire*' - Joanna Kavenna, novelist; 'An excellent collection that captures something essential about humanity...Hill has an auteur's eye for a perfectly-timed hard cut.' - Will Ashon, Author of 'Clear Water' (Faber); 'tremendous storytelling verve' - Ruth Gilligan; 'Charlie Hill is a real writer' - Jim Crace
Book Information
ISBN 9781915789020
Author Charlie Hill
Format Paperback
Page Count 90
Imprint Fly on the Wall Press
Publisher Fly on the Wall Press
Satire from experienced writer Charlie Hill, who has been interviewed by Mariella Frostrup on BBC Radio 4's Open Book.
About the Author
Charlie Hill is an internationally-acclaimed author from Birmingham. He has written long and short form memoir, and contemporary, historical and experimental fiction. Charlie has been interviewed by Mariella Frostrup on BBC Radio 4's Open Book. His work features on the title track of The Birmingham Poets, an album by Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates. Short stories have been republished by the Ikon Gallery - to complement the show At Home With Vanley Burke - and taught in South Australian schools. He is the co-founder and former Director of a literary festival, the PowWow Festival of Writing, which ran from 2011 to 2017 and featured guests such as Joanne Harris, Alex Wheatle, Stewart Home and Natalie Haynes. He has also appeared at many such events, including Frankfurt's Literaturm and the Birmingham Literary Festival. As well as writing books, Charlie has been published by the TLS, the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the New Statesman and the Big Issue. He has also contributed to Writers' Rebel. An occasional teacher, Charlie's focus is on the sentence, with particular reference to Modernist writing. In addition to running workshops for festivals and in universities, Charlie has devised and delivered a Masterclass on Experimental Writing for Arvon. He is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Reviews
'Wonderful - a collection of brilliantly inventive absurdist tales from our increasingly fictional reality. If Kafka had come from Birmingham and written about climate change, feminism, war, food, parenting and space travel, then the result might well have resembled The State of Us. The best sort of hilarious and poignant satire*' - Joanna Kavenna, novelist; 'An excellent collection that captures something essential about humanity...Hill has an auteur's eye for a perfectly-timed hard cut.' - Will Ashon, Author of 'Clear Water' (Faber); 'tremendous storytelling verve' - Ruth Gilligan; 'Charlie Hill is a real writer' - Jim Crace
Book Information
ISBN 9781915789020
Author Charlie Hill
Format Paperback
Page Count 90
Imprint Fly on the Wall Press
Publisher Fly on the Wall Press
