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    Fahrenheit Twins

    By Michel Faber

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    One of the most original and daring writers in English letters, Michel Faber shows his incredible mastery of wildly diverse literary forms with this, his long-awaited second collection of stories. Faber’s characters in these 17 fictions are often dislocated—fragile beings confronting moments of fracture—in worlds that are both real and surreal. From the achingly sad lives of “The Safehouse” to the moments of exquisite happiness in “Vanilla-right Like Eminem” to the futuristic savagery of “The Fahrenheit Twins,” these are fearless stories that crack our humanity wide open. With his brilliant characterization and pitch-perfect prose, Michel Faber has produced a short story collection that will seal his reputation as one of our most arresting and gifted writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 1, 2010
    ISBN9781443401593
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    Michel Faber

    Michel Faber's work has been published in twenty countries and received several literary awards. He lives in Scotland.

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    • 4/5
      Michel Faber is one of my favourite writers, and this is the first of his collections of short stories that I've read. I enjoyed the ones that were almost fleeting glimpses into the thoughts/lives of the main character the most - I really liked their abrupt endings and how they left me wondering what happened next. Some stories are particularly dark in tone, so you probably have to be in a certain frame of mind to read them. But overall, I really liked this collection and Faber's mastery of the short form.
    • 4/5
      The Farenheit Twins by Michel Faber (short stories) - some better than others but all very good

      As mentioned earlier I picked two books by two of my favourite authors, at the library, only when I got home did I realise that both were Short Stories. As a result this took me some time to finish.

      Now this was a different kettle of fish. Each of the stories had depth and were
      thought provoking. One in particular I found extremely harrowing and had to skim read. Very interesting view into the mind that brought such differing novels as Under The Skin and The Crimson Petal.... Well worth persevering with.
    • 3/5
      A collection of imaginative writing, weird stories ranging from gothic to dystopian, from horror to plain absurdity. Many lack a sense of direction though and just end in mid air, leaving the reader thinking "So what?" These are mere sketches of what might have become real stories if thought out fully.
    • 2/5
      I'll admit that I only picked the book up because of the title, but the reviews I've read were decent so I had high expectations. The stories has the potential to be very good however I felt that the execution of the stories was poor.I understand that these are just short stories, and they are supposed to be an insight into human emotion, but I just got more disappointed the further into the book that I got. The first story made no sense to me and the rest of the stories didn't get much better. There were one or two stories that were good, but still the abrupt endings were disappointing to me.I kept reading this book hopping that it would get better, but it just didn't. I don't think it was a horrible book, but I definitely didn't like it. I may pick up another of Faber's books because like I said I thought many of the stories had very good potential, so I think that if he were to finish the stories that they would have been at the very least good. I liked his writing style, and his stories were not what I would consider status quo, which made the basis of the stories good. I just wish there had been more to this book.