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Pianos and flowers : brief encounters of the romantic kind / Alexander McCall Smith.
Pictures capture moments in time, presenting the viewer with a window into another life. But a picture can go only so far. Who are the people in the image? What are their fears? What are their dreams? In the fourteen delightful tales in this collection, Alexander McCall Smith imagines the lives and loves of some of the everyday people pictured in these twentieth-century photographs. A young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. A family is forever fractured when war comes to Penang, in colonial Malaysia. Iron Jelloid tablets help to reveal a young man’s inner strength. And twin sisters discover that it’s never too late to forge a new path—even when standing at the altar. There are big stories behind these simple images. Though at first glance they may appear to represent small moments, these photographs in fact speak volumes, uncovering possibilities of love, friendship, and happiness. With his indomitable charm, Alexander McCall Smith takes us behind the lens to explore the hidden lives of those photographed; in so doing, he reveals the humanity in us all.-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593315750 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593315758 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Pantheon Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh in 2019. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Author's note -- Pianos and flowers -- I'd cry buckets -- Sphinx -- Maternal designs -- The dwarf tale-teller of the Romanian Rom -- Duty -- Iron jelloids -- Students -- Zeugma -- Urchins -- St. John's wort -- Blackmail -- Pogo sticks and man with bicycle -- La plage. |
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| Subject: | Antiquities > Egyptian > Fiction. Love > Fiction. Romance fiction > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. Romance fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Easton Area Public Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Easton Main Library | MCALL SMITH (Text) | 31901004478337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Palmer Branch | MCCALL SMITH (Text) | 31901004478287 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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