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Parenthesis

Edited by Ra Page

Parenthesis
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ISBN: 978 0 954828 07 3
Imprint: Comma Press
Published: February 2006
216 x 135 mm
220 pages
Publisher: Comma Press
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  • A sequel to the acclaimed Bracket anthology, Parenthesis continues Comma's on-going commitment to championing work from new writers. As with Bracket, this anthology will be the first to publish the literary 'names' of the future. Bracket was described by Time Out magazine as 'packed with excellent pieces, just as Comma and Hyphen were before it' and praised for demonstrating 'not only an extraordinary level of commitment to the short story but also an outstanding consistency of good taste and sound judgement'. The Independent on Sunday wrote of Bracket, 'Such collections are rare, and high quality ones rarer still, but Page has sourced only the finest material and it's pleasing to discover that, for the near future at least, short fiction is in good hands.'
    Ra Page edited The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories (Penguin, 1999), and founded and edited Manchester Stories magazine. He has written for the Guardian, The Times and the New Statesman , and received a Jerwood Foundation Bursary for his own writing in 1999. He is Deputy Editor of City ... read more
    Praise for Ra Page 'Works brilliantly... ingenious... unfailingly interesting.' - The Independent, Book of the Week
    'Exquisite... delectable' - New Scientist.
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