The Old Man on the Beach and Other Stories by 2024 Powell, D. K. NEUF

Product Name: The Old Man on the Beach and Other Stories by 2024 Powell, D. K. NEUF
EAN：9780995712126 2024 UPC：9780995712126 ISBN：9780995712126 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 246 pages
Twenty-two short fiction stories and semi-fictional essays which individually stand alone but together takes the reader on an imaginary journey from childhood in 1980s Britain to adulthood as a teacher, to life in Bangladesh and finally to old age (and beyond) in contemporary Britain. Separate characters, narrators and scenarios present different fictional ideas yet hidden within each is a kernel of truth, deliberately masked, about the author behind them all. Here we meet schoolboys hiding from witches, terrified teachers, dangerous school Heads, magical instruments, mysterious prisons and (extra)ordinary women - yet everything has some basis in reality. The stories explore difficult themes such as childhood innocence, abuse, sex, love, religion and death.Some stories and essays connect together to form a chronological thread while others contradict each other or imagine alternative lives. All of them are intended to amuse or challenge the readers understanding of life and, if they take the time to look closely, to reveal pencil marks hidden behind the ains some strong language and adult content..