First Dazzling Chill of Winter, The
Collected Stories
Nicholas Hagger
These mini-stores present a wide range of characters, and their follies and flaws. They offer a complete literary experience in a page or two, and their combination of opposites derives its inspiration from the 17th century: Dr Johnson’s description in his ‘Life of Cowley’ of the wit of the Metaphysical poets as “a combination of dissimilar images” in which “the most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together”. They are verbal paintings that present an image in action and reveal a poet’s eye for significant detail.
Author Bio
Nicholas Hagger is a poet, man of letters, cultural historian and philosopher. He has lectured in English at the University of Baghdad in Iraq and the University of Libya, and was a Professor of English Literature at Tokyo University and Keio University in Japan. He has studied Islamic and Oriental philosophy, and led a group of Universalist philosophers.
He is the author of more than 40 books. These include a substantial literary output of 2,000 poems, over 300 classical odes, two poetic epics and 1,200 stories; travelogues; and innovatory works in literature, history and philosophy. Following his recent work in setting up a World State, which his two epic poems heralded, he was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize 2016 for Literature.
Online: Author Website
Previous Titles
The Syndicate (1903816858), O Books, 2003. The Secret History of the West (1905047045), O Books, 2005. The Light of Civilization (1905047630), O Books, 2006. The Secret Founding of America (13978184293140), Watkins/Sterling (distributor), 2007.
Endorsements
How much William James would have supported all those who value the quality and range of a truly comprehensive modern awareness as Nicholas Hagger does.
Sir Laurens van der Post
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USP
Very short stories ideal for a short concentration span. Vivid, poetic and memorable. Innovatory in brevity.
Competing Books
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 9780099460923, by Ernest Hemingway
Vintage, 2004
Categories
FICTION (General)(FIC029000) -> Short Stories (single author)(FIC029000)
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Publication Date
November 2016
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-84694-581-6
$32.95 | £20.99
9x6 inches | 230x150 mm
440PP
e-book
ISBN: 978-1-78099-711-7
$9.99 | £6.99
Library of Congress
2016946095
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