Normal Rules Don’t Apply Stories
Normal Rules Don’t Apply Stories by Kate Atkinson is a collection of eleven interconnected stories published by Doubleday in 2023. This edition, written in English and spanning 206 pages, showcases Atkinson’s signature inventiveness and sharp observations on human nature, presenting a range of characters and scenarios that challenge perceptions of reality.
Readers will encounter a diverse array of narratives, including a queen making an impossible bargain and a secretary reflecting on her past. The stories explore themes of chance and connection, weaving together a multiverse of experiences that highlight the complexities of life. This collection offers a unique blend of psychological depth and literary finesse, inviting readers to delve into the intricacies of human relationships and the unexpected twists of fate.
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A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels–the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.
Nothing is quite as it seems in this collection of eleven dazzling stories. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man who bets on a horse that may–or may not–have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here–the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.
A startling and funny feast for the imagination, these stories conjure a multiverse of subtly connected worlds while illuminating the webs of chance and connection among us all.
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