“Peerless storytelling” – Folk by Zoe Gilbert #IDTP2019

"Imagine, if you will, a time long since passed. Before governments and nation-states; before accountants and Gross Domestic Product. A time when water, land and sex were yet to be monetised. When individual purpose and the common good were shaped only by wind, sun and tide. This is the backdrop to Folk, a novel / loosely-coupled collection of short stories by Zoe Gilbert, winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story award. And these stories – fables – bear witness to all that is elemental: to timeless human failings and random cruelties. Through tales of coming of age, of patriarchy, sexual awakening, envy and deceit, Folk projects forward, holding a (cracked) mirror up to our present..." - Folk by Zoe Gilbert reviewed by Tamim Sadikali

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