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|author= Rose Tremain
|title= The American Lover
|rating= 5
|genre= Short Stories
|summary= Having never read a Rose Tremain book before, I was interested to start this collection of short stories. I wasn't disappointed, and it quickly became clear why she has won so many literary awards for her work.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099548445</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Ursula K Le Guin
|summary=Until very recently Jansson was probably only known in the English-speaking world for her Moomin stories. Then along came ''Sort of'' books and their wonderful translators, foremost among them: Thomas Teal. And we started to understand what it was about the woman…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908745363</amazonuk>
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|author=Lightfall Literary Agency (Editor)
|title=The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories
|rating=4
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=I'll confess that I was a little nervous about ''The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories''. There's a common misconception that short stories are easy - something run off quickly before the author gets on with doing the proper job of a full-length work, but the truth is rather different. A short story has none of the luxuries of a longer work: plot development has to be done quickly, characters have to come off the page. Every word must earn its keep. A book can be written - a short story must be ''crafted''. But what made me particularly nervous here was that all the authors are students - and the editor was convinced that there are ten of them who are good enough to be included in the book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00JH1B94E</amazonuk>
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