The Worm and the Star
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Worm and the Star
By (Author) John Fuller
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
18th December 2012
18th December 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Science fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
181g
Description
The tales collected here are complete miniature narratives. None longer than three pages, they rove, with hurtling changes of perspective, over myth, sex, science fiction, the Middle East, boredom, beauty, grossness, global history, childhood, music and death; yet a strange unity of purpose binds them into a coherent universe where lives are brief but great mysteries are glimpsed.
Author Bio
John Fuller, born in Ashford, Kent, is an acclaimed poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires (1996) was awarded the Forward Prize; Ghosts (2004) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for Poetry; The Space of Joy (2006) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award, and The Grey Among the Green (1988), Song & Dance (2008) and Pebble & I (2010) were all Poetry Book Society Recommendations. His 1983 novel Flying to Nowhere won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written collections of short stories and several books for children. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
