At the heart of the modern city we find stories of lovers, stories of people with a desire to connect to someone else, something else. This collection reveals the experience of living through changing times, of people shaking the past and dreaming of better days, people finding their place, adapting to new surroundings, laughing and forgetting, living and loving in the grip of the city. Perhaps there are eight million stories in the naked city. Here are just a few of them. Included are a series of naked city portraits as seen through the lens of photographer Kevin Reynolds and a selection of the very best in new short fiction in a bonus section, This Could Be Anywhere.
Naked City (Route 15) is a title in the Route Series of Contemporary Stories. First published in 2004.
Note: the paperback book contains prints of nude photography.
Authors: Steve Dearden, Penny Feeny, Tajinder Singh Hayer, Jane Graham, Mandy MacFarlane, Char March, James Nash, Tom Palmer, Adrian Reynolds, Michael Stewart, James K Walker, Lee Harrison, Mark Costello. Edited by Ian Daley and Anthony Cropper.
‘Gleamed from the length and breadth of the UK, these stories do not disappoint. There is a grittiness to these tales, variously dealing in love, and fading or faded dreams and a commendable lack of adornment and sentimentality in a well-chosen collection.’ – The Glasgow Herald
‘Naked City is indeed an intriguing insight into city life and the people living in it.’- Manchester Evening News
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