Stranger Things Than This

By Robert James Tootell

Collection of early stories from the author's European travels. Humour and tragedy interlaced in these tales which take the reader on a emotion-filled trip through France, Hungary, Spain and the UK.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert James Tootell
• Release date: Feb 2, 2010
• ISBN: 9780955694028

Robert James Tootell

Welcome everyone,Here is a quick list of my literary efforts so far:A Cafe in Kazimierz and other stories (Paperback, 2002)Krakow Stories and Stranger Things Than This (Paperback, 2008)Krakow Stories and Stranger Things Than This (E-book, 2009)Stranger Things Than This (E-book, 2010)Selected Stories and Poems (E-book, 2011)Five Stories for Makers of Short Films (E-book, 2012)Luke (E-book, 2012)Clootie's Cover (E-book, 2012)Kiskutya (E-book, 2012)I'm currently studying for an MA in Scriptwriting at Glamorgan University, and recommend it for anyone and everyone who is interested in learning this craft - it's a brilliant course with brilliant tutors.Back to me! Here are some of my favourite stories and books:The Three Lilies by Jan Neruda;In a Far Distant Land, Light Breathing, In Paris, et al, by Ivan Bunin;The Bishop, The Artist's Story, Rothchild's Fiddle, by Anton Chekhov;Red Cavalry, The Tales of Odessa, by Isaac Babel;Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal;Gimpel the Fool, The Cabalist of East Broadway, by IB Singer;Klingsor's Last Summer by Hermann Hesse.Dark Avenues by Ivan Bunin;The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell;The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller;Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves;The Radetsky March by Joseph Roth;The Red and the Black by Stendhal;The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino;War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy;The Drowned and the Saved, Moments of Reprieve, by Primo Levi.Currently living in France and writing for radio.

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