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Zero Hours on the Boulevard

Tales of Independence and Belonging

Alexandra Büchler editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Parthian Books

Published:29th Mar '19

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Kelinu waits for a birthday card from the Queen of England. He has a few years to go but he'll wait. His niece thinks he's a fool. He was in the service of the Queen only a year, all those years ago. Times have changed. In these stories people strive to make a place, a living, a life with meaning in a new country or sense in an old one: from zero hour contracts in Bridgend and Munich to scraping a living as a mermaid on the streets of Barcelona. A woman tends a beautiful garden she knows will be taken away from her while another sends her child to a school concert dressed as a dinosaur. A man attends yet one more demonstration while another explains to his daughter where he is really from. In this diverse and fascinating anthology, writers from across Europe embark on a journey of independence and belonging.

'A book of many voices- angry, hopeful, confused and weary - about our uncertain times. What all these tales have in common is a belief in the individual's story, and in the power of smaller countries to give new perspectives on the world we think we know.' - Patrick McGuinness

ISBN: 9781912109128

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Weight: unknown

250 pages