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A Bunch of Fives : Hellen Simpson's Short Fiction

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Resumo:	The aim of my paper is to analyse the fictionaI work of the contemporary British writer Helen Simpson (1959). Simpson is perhaps best known for being a short story writer, aiming her attention at contemporary urban themes. l will be focusing in particular on Simpson's most recent collection of short stories entitled A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012). The coIlection is especially interesting because it gathers five stories taken from her five previous short story publications - A Bunch of Fives becomes an interesting case study not only because it displays the writer's quest for a unity of subject-matter in the stories but atso because it evinces the potentiaI of the short story as a genre.
Autores principais:	Fernandes, Ana Raquel
Assunto:	Short story Simpson, Helen
Ano:	2014
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	capítulo de livro
Tipo de acesso:	acesso aberto
Instituição associada:	Universidade de Lisboa
Idioma:	inglês
Origem:	Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa

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Resumo:	The aim of my paper is to analyse the fictionaI work of the contemporary British writer Helen Simpson (1959). Simpson is perhaps best known for being a short story writer, aiming her attention at contemporary urban themes. l will be focusing in particular on Simpson's most recent collection of short stories entitled A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012). The coIlection is especially interesting because it gathers five stories taken from her five previous short story publications - A Bunch of Fives becomes an interesting case study not only because it displays the writer's quest for a unity of subject-matter in the stories but atso because it evinces the potentiaI of the short story as a genre.