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The Last Place on Earth
Tracy Kidder
‘The living-room windows begin to reflect the lights on the plastic Christmas tree, and the view through those windows is fading, the woods growing thicker, the birches glowing in the dusk.’
Little America
T. Coraghessan Boyle
‘All he wanted was a quarter, fifty cents, a dollar maybe. The guy was a soft touch, absolutely–the softest.’
L,U,C,I,E
Nadine Gordimer
‘I correct the spelling because I’m a lawyer and I’m accustomed to precision in language; in legal documents the displacement of a comma can change the intention expressed in a sentence and lead to new litigation.’
The Brass Bar
Louis de Bernières
‘In the late seventies I was desperately attempting to avoid having a career by doing what I supposed were 'real' jobs.‘
Failing to Fall
A.L. Kennedy
‘This is the one thing I know from the minute I lift the receiver and slip that voice inside my ear: it will happen.‘
