Escape Routes

By: Naomi Ishiguro

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Paperback | 21 January 2021 | Edition Number 1

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'Stories that start like delicate webs and finish like unbreakable wire traps'

Naomi Ishiguro's fresh, magical and delightfully speculative short story collection merges the inventiveness of David Mitchell and the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter to form its own powerful magic.

Witness what happens when a space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard in Shearing Season. Watch unexpected possibilities open up in The Flat Roof when a musician makes friends with a flock of birds. Get lost in the world of The Rat Catcher where, finding himself potentially out of his depth when he is summoned to a decaying royal palace, a rat catcher is plunged into a battle for the throne of a ruined kingdom.

In this stunning debut collection, the characters yearn for freedom and flight, and find their worlds transformed beyond their wildest imaginings.

About the Author

Naomi Ishiguro studied writing at the University of East Anglia and is a former bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B.'s Emporium in Bath. She lives in London.

Industry Reviews

An imaginative collection full of wide eyed wonder and millennial wit - Sharlene Teo

Ishiguro, daughter of the 2017 Nobel Laureate, is already being touted as a writer of rare talent herself - RTE Guide

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