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John Saul was born in Liverpool, England.
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As Rivers Flow
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'Oblivious to human exploits,' it says in the story 'Aire', 'rivers continue'. Twelve rivers, twelve stories. These waterways - eight in England, one in Portugal, one in Germany and two in France - are the backdrop to the meetings, partings, confrontations and imaginings in As Rivers Flow. A new love stutters into life in 1930s Liverpool; an old love dies in Paris. While a sense of menace enters the remote countryside in 'Butley', a death overshadows a gathering of people in 'Kennet'. 'Blyth' sees an artist threatened by being ousted from his Suffolk home in the first world war. In 'Elbe' four diversely connected people focus on a mighty container vessel turning in the river. Beside the Stour a tale of young people's solidarity unfolds. John Saul's first collection Call It Tender was described by The Times as 'witty and playful', proof that 'the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways'. 'Hopefully,' wrote Time Out of his second collection, The Most Serene Republic: love stories from cities, 'he'll turn out a few more of the same'. The appearance of As Rivers Flow is further evidence of the rare contribution John Saul's fiction has been making to the short story in the UK.
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The Most Serene Republic: Love Stories from Cities (Salt Modern Fiction)
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Two people find love through a chance meeting in the streets of Antwerp. An English sea captain is unfaithful in the Guayaquil of 1910. In the south of France a famous Frenchman looks after his soldier-brother's violin; in Germany a group struggles to save a Jewish cemetery from developers. High above the Thames, a secretary and a clerk share dreams of exotic places. One morning at breakfast a couple express their jealousies through arguing the merits of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In the title story holidaymakers in Venice experience how differently love may be made. In the atmosphere of the cities themselves - cities as far apart as Nice, Milton Keynes and Lima - a dozen stories of people pursuing their obsessions and desires unfold. In one love is flourishing in Hamburg, in another dying in London, in a third simply glimpsed on a day of public unrest in Paris. The Most Serene Republic: Love Stories from Cities tells movingly of love in its many guises. John Saul's short fiction has been published in the prestigious New Writing series and several anthologies brought out by Serpent's Tail. His previous collection Call It Tender was described by The Times as 'witty and playful', proof that 'the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways'.
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Heron and Quin
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Call It Tender CALL IT TENDER By Saul, John ( Author )Jun-01-2007 Paperback
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Call It Tender (Salt Modern Fiction)
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These collected love stories, often commenting wryly on modern life, are set in Europe and beyond. John Saul's stories have appeared frequently in anthologies including New Writing and the books of Serpent's Tail. Call It Tender hopes to see his innovative fiction reach a wider audience at last.
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Call It Tender (Salt Modern Fiction) by John Saul (2007-05-21)
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John Saul is one of the United Kingdom"s leading short story writers as well as a gifted novelist. "John Saul is one of our best short story writers." — Nicholas Royle Time Out
He has also lived in France, Canada, Germany and Ecuador, where he began writing fiction. His short stories have appeared extensively in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, most notably in Australia and Canada.
He is the author of Call lieutenant Tender and The Most Serene Republic: love stories from cities, both published by Salt Publishing.
The Times wrote of Call lieutenant Tender on 9 June 2007 that "the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways" and Time Out (18 July 2007) "lieutenant represents Saul at the peak of his powers." His third book of short stories, As Rivers Flow - "a beautifully conceived collection", said the Short Review (5 October 2009) - appeared in 2009, and his fourth, Even the butterfly must endure the storm, in 2013. Given the presence of these collections, it can be fairly said that his work has been making a rare contribution to the life of the short story in the United Kingdom. In 2013 he began an innovative project for words and music with the musician January Pulsford, which saw performances at the National Portrait Gallery and Writeidea Festival in London.
His short fiction has been shortlisted for inclusion in Best European Fiction 2012 (Dalkey Archive) and the 2015 Sean O"Faolain prize for fiction. Two novels, Seventeen and Finistere, are available online.
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Works
book
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Call It Tender (Salt Modern Fiction)
(These collected love stories, often commenting wryly on m...)
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As Rivers Flow
('Oblivious to human exploits,' it says in the story 'Aire...)
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The Most Serene Republic: Love Stories from Cities (Salt Modern Fiction)
(Two people find love through a chance meeting in the stre...)
- Heron and Quin
- Call It Tender CALL IT TENDER By Saul, John ( Author )Jun-01-2007 Paperback
- Call It Tender (Salt Modern Fiction) by John Saul (2007-05-21)
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Call It Tender (Salt Modern Fiction)
