"Life is a history of moments," Sherwood Anderson once said. Some people carry these around like so much baggage, others like a shining portfolio. Portmanteau is a collection of ten moments -- viewed from the dusty backyards of childhood, between tangled fences of neighboring worlds, and through the smoky ether of the social landscape. They aren't meant to be shocking; they are just snapshots of life.
ISBN: 1-84045-005-3
Contents
To Be Continued ...
Los Inocentes
Service for 24
Shoes
Both These Things ...
She Stood There and Was Drunk
When the Bough Breaks
Chaps
Talent Night
Grace
"'Portmanteau' suits the [online] medium, for it can be broken up into half-hour reading experiences. The pieces are, mainly, interior monologues, in American vernacular, offering a tart but not entirely sour woman's- or little-girl's-eye view on parent-child relationships."
The Times Literary Supplement |
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