Book description
In June, 2006, Picador launch Picador Shots, a new series of
pocket-sized books priced at £1. The Shots aim to promote the short
story as well as the work of some Picador's greatest authors. They will
be contemporarily packaged but ultimately disposable books that are the
ideal literary alternative to a magazine. Jackie Kay's 'Sonata' will be
one of the first Picador Shots and comes from her new collection, WISH I
WAS HERE. In 'Sonata', Two strangers meet on a train and connect in a
way that one only can when you know that you only have a few hours
together, and that anything you do or say will never be held against
you. One is a good listener and one is a good talker - they are the
perfect combination. One tells the other about her recent loss of love
whilst the other watches on, falling, secretly, in love. What will
become of them? Will this journey be the sum of their relationship?
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961. A poet and
novelist, her first short story collection, Why Don't You Stop
Talking?, was published in 2002. She lives in Manchester.
