Here is the shiny new cover for "What Becomes" - image created by the excellent gentleman and photographer, Kevin Low. "What Becomes" will be appear in an unwary world on August 6th and you may wish to order a copy from the splendid WORDPOWER bookshop. Or feel free to make your own arrangements for purchase and delighted posession. Below you can read an extract of the cover blurb, kindly provided by Jonathan Cape.
"Always attuned to the moment of epiphany, these twelve stories are profound, intimate observations of men and women whose lives ache with possibility - each story a dramatisation of the instant in a life that exposes it all; love and the lack of love, hope and the lack of hope.
These men and women are perfectly ordinary people - whose marriages founder, who sit on their own in a cinema watching a film with no soundtrack; whos risk sex in a hotel with an anonymous stranger. They conceal tenderness and disappointment, vulnerability and longing, griefs and wonders...
A.L.Kennedy's fifth remarkable collection of short stories shows us exactly what becomes of the broken-hearted. She reveals the sadness, violence, hurt and terror, but also the redemption of love - and she does so with the enormous human compassion, wild leaps of humour, and the brilliantly orginal linguistic skill that distinguishes her as one of Britain's finest writers."
Listen to a reading of one of the stories given at the 2008 Edinburgh International Book Festival here>>. Recording courtesy of the fine folks at the EIBF.
You'll notice to the left of this page the delightful cover of the new short stort collection which will be at or near your local book emporia from 6th August. Or you can order it from the fine people at Word Power books by using this link.
Several film and theatre projects are in the offing at the moment and as soon as we have any firm details we will post them here.
A radio drama by ALK should be broadcast on the BBC this autumn in a Saturday evening slot - more details will follow.
You may also hear a number of essays floating about the airwaves on Radio Four. The Stories From Latitude offering seems to be getting unreasonable numbers of repeats, there will be one soon involving banjo playing, then a series of three will be out in September - we'll let you know more, when we do.
