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Pianos and flowers : brief encounters of the romantic kind  Cover Image Book Book

Pianos and flowers : brief encounters of the romantic kind / Alexander McCall Smith.

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- (author.). McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Short stories. Selections. (Added Author).

Summary:

"A delightful compendium of short stories inspired by images in the renowned photographic archive of The Sunday Times. A picture can paint a thousand words, but what about a vintage photograph? In 2015 Alexander McCall Smith wrote a book entitled Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories, in which he imagined the stories behind five chanced-upon black and white photographs. Who were those people, why were they smiling, what made them sad? He so enjoyed the experience that when The Sunday Times generously offered him access to their early 20th century photograph archive he jumped at the opportunity."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735281226 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in 2019 in the United Kingdom by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh"--Tite page Title page verso.
Formatted Contents 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.
Subject: Photographs > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Genre: Short stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Cookstown Branch FIC McCal 31681010218063 FICTION Available -


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