Kitchen Sink Gothic
“Kitchen Sink Gothic” by David A. Riley, published by Parallel Universe Publications on August 5, 2015, is a collection of short stories that explores the concept of Kitchen Sink Gothic, a term coined in the 1950s to describe British narratives that depict working-class life in a gritty and realistic manner. This anthology reflects the influence of social realism in literature and draws inspiration from various forms of media, including films and television dramas that portray the complexities of life in the North of England.
Readers will find a diverse range of stories within this collection, encompassing themes that range from dark humor to the bizarre and occasionally horrific. The anthology captures the essence of Kitchen Sink Gothic, showcasing narratives that resonate with the working-class experience while incorporating elements of the strange and uncanny. With 256 pages, this edition invites readers to delve into a unique exploration of fiction that reflects both the ordinary and the extraordinary aspects of life.
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Coined in the 1950s, Kitchen Sink described British films, plays and novels frequently set in the North of England, which showed working class life in a gritty, no-nonsense, “warts and all” style, sometimes referred to as social realism.It became popular after the playwright John Osborne wrote Look Back In Anger, simultaneously helping to create the Angry Young Men movement. Films included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, The L-Shaped Room and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. TV dramas included Coronation Street and East Enders. In recent years TV dramas that could rightly be described as kitchen sink gothic include Being Human, with its cast of working class vampires, werewolves and ghosts, and the zombie drama In the Flesh, with its northern working class, down to earth setting. In this anthology you will find stories that cover a wide range of Kitchen Sink Gothic, from the darkly humorous to the weirdly strange and occasionally horrific.
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