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pp. 34, limited edition, this is copy 824 of 2000, SIGNED and dated (1993), by the author).

33 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1993

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Format
33 pages, Paperback
Published
November 12, 2001 by One Horse Press
ISBN
9780952925057
ASIN
0952925052
Language
English

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Louis de Bernières is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. It has been translated into over 11 languages and is an international best-seller.
On 16 July 2008, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Arts by the De Montfort University in Leicester, which he had attended when it was Leicester Polytechnic.
Politically, he identifies himself as Eurosceptic and has voiced his support for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

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Wolftom
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April 17,2025
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A wonderfully eclectic collection of stories & 'slices of life' in this amusing writer's style of imaginative settings & colourful characters from all walks of life.He entertains & amazes in his quest to enlighten his readers on how even the most mundane human encounters can produce surprising emotions & outcomes.
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rizuky
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April 17,2025
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Labels and Other Stories is a great anthology. Most stories take place in South America and some in Turkey. While reading I was transported overseas (which is always nice from the comfort of your own armchair) and I thoroughly enjoyed the dreamlike quality of the storytelling. The stories were very inventive and included a woman who had ten children, all named after South American countries, a man who collects cat food labels, Mamacita who dreams of buried treasure, a school teacher who collects cans for extra income and Manolito who falls in love with a corpse. Included in this collection is an alternative ending to Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, one of de Bernieres’ more famous works.
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milkbug_chan
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April 17,2025
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I have recently read the birds without wings and I was mesmerised the way the author captured so many subtle things of daily lives of the natives in the past and present.
These short stories made me wonder whether the author ever read any books by Sait Faik Abasıyanık or Yaşar Kemal. I felt they speak similar languages. Thank you for the pleasure of reading these stories.
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Mrr2003r
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April 17,2025
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Great short stories in that very traditional short story style - concise direct language, a few quirky characters and the frequent abrupt and surprising ending. I nice easy read.
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April 17,2025
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An eclectic and slightly inconsistent collection, but held together by de Bernieres' superb language. The prose is light and humorous, and employs a virtuosic range of vocabulary to express achieve this tone.

Some of the stories are a bit odd but overall the collection is quite fun.
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Asztal
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April 17,2025
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Very readable collection of short stories that vary in subject and span the globe. Favourites for me are The Turks Are so Wonderful with Children, The Deposit and The Complete Continent but enjoyed them all.
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