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Sudden Traveller
Sudden Traveller | Sarah Hall
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WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER OF AN O.HENRY PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION The seven stories of Sudden Traveller immerse us anew in one of the most distinctive literary imaginations. In Turkish forests or rain-drenched Cumbrian villages, characters walk, drive, dream and fly, trying to reconcile themselves with their journey through life and death. A woman fitted with life-changing technology returns to the site of her strongest memories; a man repatriated in the near east hears the name of an old love called and must unpack history's suitcase; and from the new world-waves of female anger and resistance, a mythical creature evolves. Radical, charged with a transformative creative power, each of these stories opens channels in the human mind and spirit, as Sarah Hall once more invites the reader to stand at the very edge of our possible selves. Praise for Madame Zero: 'So fearsomely excellent it almost hurt to read. Truly the best collection I've come across in a decade.' Wells Tower 'These stories leave the reader unsettled, thrilled, and changed ... Marvellous.' Jon McGregor 'I can't praise it highly enough.' David Mitchell 'Astonishing: humane yet otherworldly, disturbing, sexy and strange. The woman is a genius.' Jessie Burton 'Hall's stories are vixen-shaped: urban and rural, feral and natural, female and stinky, beautiful and tough ... Exceptional, compelling, frightening and authentic.' Guardian 'Stunning ... Each of these brilliant stories is a leap into a dark, mysterious void that ultimately reveals glittering terrors therein.' Independent 'An edgy, sensuous, and immediate writer of striking power and grace.' Sunday Times
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katsunmeowz
Sudden Traveller | Sarah Hall
Mehso-so

Language feels unnecessarily opaque. More like a prose. So-so storytelling, with some interesting characters

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charl08
Sudden Traveller | Sarah Hall
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We are, all of us, sudden travellers in the world, blind, passing each other , reaching, missing, sometimes taking hold. But, sooner than you think, after this flood, after the darkness, the loss, the loneliness, someone is going to take your hand and tell a story...

readordierachel Beautiful 💙 5y
charl08 @readordierachel the whole book is brilliant. 5y
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charl08
Sudden Traveller | Sarah Hall
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Darkness moves like an ocean above the roofs and streetlights.

I really love Sarah Hall.

readordierachel I am reading The Wolf Border now and loving it. 5y
charl08 @readordierachel I've yet to read a book by her I didn't like. My favourite is still 5y
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Severnmeadows
Sudden Traveller | Sarah Hall
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Looking forward very much to the November publishing date. Sarah Hall has become one of my favourite writers.

Cathythoughts I loved Mrs Fox ! And look forward to The Wolf Boarder. Stacking this one 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Severnmeadows @Cathythoughts that story in Mrs Fox of a woman crossing a bridge over an estuary- so grippingly evoking her fear! 😊 5y
Cathythoughts Yes ! Madame Zero is the name of the collection. Mrs Fox was my favorite... 5y
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