Snap Shots, livre ebook

In his novel Writer''s Cramp, and Pot Shots, hisfirst collection of short stories, Alan Blackwoodalready displayed a great gift for brevity andeconomy of words. In Snap Shots , he hashoned this gift to perfection. These are notshort stories as such but sketches of characters,places and situations, brought vividly to life bya microscopic eye for what is just enough andnot a single word more. The fact that nearlyall are based on the author''s own experiencesbrings them into even sharper focus. Suchgem-like pieces, funny or sad or somewhere inbetween, are something quite new in the realmof the written word.''Alan Blackwood''s short stories arelike novels condensed to a single page,tantalising, evocative, poignant.''John Carey, Emeritus Professor ofEnglish Literature, Oxford University.