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Title:
Ox-tales : air : original stories from remarkable writers.
Publisher:
GreenProfile,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
208 pages ; 18 cm.
Subject:
Climatic changes--Fiction.
Environmentalism--Fiction.
Climatic changes.
Environmentalism.
Short stories.
Fiction.
Short stories.
Other Authors:
Welsh, Louise, 1965- contributing writer.
Contents:
Trouble in paradise / Helen Fielding. Still life / Alexander McCall Smith -- The tipping point / Helen Simpson -- Suddenly Dr. Cox / DBC Pierre -- Vanish / AL Kennedy -- The desert torso / Kamila Shamsie -- Good night children, everywhere / Beryl Bainbridge -- The night highway / Louise Welsh -- Calculus / Diran Adebayo -- Trouble in paradise / Helen Fielding.
Summary:
This is one of four original collections, featuring stories by leading writers. Each of the writers has contributed their story for free in order to raise money and awareness for Oxfam. The four elements - earth, air, fire, water - provide a loose framework for the stories and highlight the key areas of Oxfam's work. Air focusses on action on climate change.
Series:
Ox-tales ; 2
ISBN:
1846682614
9781846682612
OCLC:
(OCoLC)319211157
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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