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Distant voices

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Barbara Erskine's second volume of short stories creates a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness and grief, to betrayal, passion, adventure and compelling suspense. Contemporary, historical, spooky, humorous, there are over thirty delightful stories, each one guaranteed to capture the reader's imagination, and all demonstrating Erskine's unique powers as a storyteller.

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First Published

1996

Pages

488 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

5

Publisher

HarperCollins

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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