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Instructions for the Working Day

Campbell, Joanna

I love how this seemingly quiet novel is also one of extremes: funny and tragic, captivating and disturbing. Joanna Campbell has written a mind-bending and enigmatic story that blurs the lines between thought and reality' -- Claire Fuller, author of Costa prize-winning Unsettled Ground'You go too far, my friend. You are near dangerous ground.' Neil Fischer owns a village. Having inherited his father's former hometown of Marschwald in East Germ...

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Instructions for the Working Day

Campbell, Joanna

You go too far, my friend. You are near dangerous ground.' Neil Fischer is travelling to a village in East Germany - his father's former hometown of Marschwald, which he has unexpectedly inherited. Knowing it has been left to deteriorate for decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil is determined to restore the derelict village to its former glory, as his demanding late father would surely have wanted. But when he arrives, he is met with...

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Future Shock

Campbell, Joanna / Khemka, Manisha / Saint, Amanda

The winning stories in the 2018 Retreat West Short Story and Flash Fiction Prizes cross genres, eras and continents to bring you insights into the human condition through many different voices.From a young boy finding his place in the world when watching Magnum PI with his family, to an old woman cooking eggs, inspired by the painting by Velázquez, and a self-styled food cop raiding shops and fast-food outlets not selling what he wants them to...