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Afternoon Reading - Difference and Desire: Readings from the Bath Festival

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Five stories on the themes of difference and desire, from the 2007 Bath Literary Festival

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Afternoon Reading - Difference and Desire: Readings from the Bath Festival - Bald Truth

A busy-body on a crowded train is looking for the owner of a lost purse, and it slowly comes clear that the purse has a profound personal meaning for him alone.

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Afternoon Reading - Difference and Desire: Readings from the Bath Festival - Latvian Angel

Marian's an older mum, no longer quite at home in her own body.

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Wojtek and his flashy best mate Jurek arrive in London from Poland. As usual, Jurek gets the job and the girl, but Wojtek has other ideas...

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Afternoon Reading - Difference and Desire: Readings from the Bath Festival - No Such Thing As Same

Evie has something like an invisible friend, a double. Or is it someone even closer who's whispering scenes from her life back to her?

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Afternoon Reading - Difference and Desire: Readings from the Bath Festival - The Evening Class

Inspite of getting too much well-intentioned advice from friends and family since her husband's recent death, Beth still decides to get out a bit more.

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