Condition Notes: Very good condition ex-library large print paperback with the normal library markings and characteristics such as a plastic cover protecting the exterior, and some minor surface damage to the very first page in caused by the selling library removing the issue slip. The barcode is still there at the bottom of the page; and above that has been stamped "Middlesbrough Withdrawn Libraries and Information". At the bottom of the page is written "Shelf: Knelman", and in the top corner is "MM" written in pencil. The book is in nice, clean & tidy condition, with a crease across the bottom corner on the back cover

About this book: Whatever happened to the love letter? Has the written word lost its charm in our digitally obsessed, speed-dating age? In this inspired collection of new fiction, Joshua Knelman and Rosalind Porter have asked over forty of our most celebrated writers to explore the potency and power of a classic, yet neglected, genre: the love letter. Four Letter Word brings us work - some published here for the first time. These pieces remind us of how enticing words can be and allow us a glimpse of what love looks like in the twenty-first century. Each 'letter' is radically different from the others, each is a testimony to the creative powers of our leading writers today, and each is guaranteed to seduce. Writers: Introduction; Jonathan Lethem; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Adam Thorpe; Lionel Shriver; David Bezmozgis; Chris Bachelder; A. L. Kennedy; Jeff Parker; Francine Prose; Graham Roumieu; Gautam Malkani; Miriam Toews; James Robertson; Etgar Keret; Mandy Sayer; Jeanette Winterson; Michel Faber; Hisham Matar; Geoff Dyer; Matthew Zapruder; Carl-Johan Vallgren; Joseph Boyden; Neil Gaiman; Valerie Martin; Peter Behrens; Ursula K. Le Guin; Nick Laird; Sam Lipsyte; Panos Karnezis; Jan Morris; Hari Kunzru; an anonymous writer; Margaret Atwood; Damon Galgut; Audrey Niffenegger; Juli Zeh; Leonard Cohen; Phil LaMarche; M. G. Vassanji; Tessa Brown; Douglas Coupland; Biographies; Acknowledgements

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