Afternoon Reading - Tapertime
Series of five specially-commissioned short stories that take dusk as a central theme or feature
Afternoon Reading - Tapertime - Adam Thorpe
By Adam Thorpe. In remotest Lincolnshire she always paints the gloaming, but something aside from darkened tones is revealed in her pictures.
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Afternoon Reading - Tapertime - Justin Cartwright
By Justin Cartwright. As a boy the narrator had to leave Sweden for the sunshine of Australia. But certain people and deep-rooted rituals pull him back to the land of the dark.
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Afternoon Reading - Tapertime - Kirsty Gunn
In Kirtsy Gunn's story, a chance encounter in the murky wood suddenly changes the course of the narrator's life.
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Afternoon Reading - Tapertime - The Concert
By Romesh Gunesekera. A newly-arrived army officer must sing for his supper in the evening gloaming, but there is a last minute hitch.
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Afternoon Reading - Tapertime - Victoria Hislop
Short stories that take dusk as a central theme. As the sun goes down on a little Cretan village all manner of mysteries emerge, including a stranger's arrival. By Victoria Hislop.
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