Praise for Ann Quin
‘Quin works over a small area with the finest of tools. Every page, every word gives evidence of her care and workmanship.’
New York Times
‘Quin’s prose never falters.’
Caitlin Youngquist, Paris Review
‘Vividly intense and almost palpably immediate.’
Irish Times
‘The most naturally and delicately gifted novelist of her generation.’
The Scotsman
‘Quin was a writer ahead of her time.’
Publishers Weekly
‘One of Britain's most adventurous post-war writers. Psychologically dark and sexually daring, Quin's fearlessly innovative prose reads like nobody else.’
Juliet Jacques
‘Quin understood she was on to something new and she took herself seriously, in the right way; she had a serious sense of her literary purpose.’
Deborah Levy
‘Despite ongoing rumours of a B.S. Johnson revival, I feel our attention could be more usefully directed towards Ann Quin.’
Stewart Home, in 69 Things to do with a Dead Princess
First published in 2018 by And Other Stories
Sheffield – London – New Haven
www.andotherstories.org
Copyright © Ann Quin, 2018
Introduction copyright © Jennifer Hodgson, 2018
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transported in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher of this book. The right of Ann Quin to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Some of the stories and fragments in this collection are previously unpublished and some have already been published. For fuller detail, see the Note on Sources at the end of the collection.
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or places is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-1-911508-14-4
eBook ISBN: 978-1-911508-15-1
Editor: Jennifer Hodgson; Proofreader: Sarah Terry; Typesetting and eBook: Tetragon, London; Cover Design: Edward Bettison.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This book was supported using public funding by Arts Council England.