Vendor
	Liepman Literary Agency Marc Koralnik
Original language
English
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http://www.janicegalloway.net/

JELLYFISH

Janice Galloway

Longlisted for the prestigious Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize 2015!

Sex and Love and Parenthood

In this sparkling and powerful new collection, Janice Galloway takes on David Lodge's assertion Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life's the other way round' and scent-marks her multi-layered fiction with what she believes to be the greater truth. Razor sharp tales of two of the most powerful human experiences from one of our country's best loved and most acclaimed authors.

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Book Published 2015-06-01 by Freight Books

Comments

"Exquisite similes (deflating balloons nose the ceiling "like fish kissing the surface of a tank, needing to feed") and witty metaphors (a couple having sex produces a "light sticking and unsticking sound, not unlike Sellotape but softer") rise up and sting the senses like the eponymous Jellyfish. With this electrifying volume Galloway proves herself a truly powerful writer who deserves to be much better known."

'I'm a big fan of authors who take risks in their writing and can't be pigeonholed... Such a writer is Janice Galloway... Galloway is an expert storyteller, and the short story form really suits her condensed and intense style. She is terrific at getting inside her characters' heads with a just a few short words, and she establishes voice and character in these vignettes in a way that many long-winded novelists would kill for... Terrific character pieces, linguistic snapshots and heartfelt commentary. It's all written with tremendous precision and poise with truly deep understanding of human psychology, and with enormous empathy... Moving stuff.'

Janice writes movingly for the Guardian on her ambivalent affection for her hometown and the school and teacher that changed her life': https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/26/janice-galloway-made-in-saltcoats

Granta (Paperback edition)

"She offers vivid snatches of observed and imagined life. She makes pictures, sometimes beautiful, sometimes startling. She has a gift for the unforeseen and illuminating phrase. She crafts these pieces carefully."

Janice gave a brilliant interview on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour last week, which can be listened to here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00027xp (22.5 minutes in)

"'An exquisite short-story collection."

"...thoughtful, accurate, sorrowful, dark, infinitely tender, angry, memorable."