LATITUDE FESTIVAL
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July
HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD,
SUNRISE COAST, SUFFOLK
Dan Rhodes / Dan Bird - Anthropology
Literary Arena
Friday 17th July, 2009 23:45 - 00:15
The Guardian have claimed Dan Rhodes as the "best new writer in Britain" and with his book 'Anthropology and A Hundred Other Stories' it's easy to see why. A series of 101 tales about girlfriends and the men who can't let them go.
They cheat, they die, they leave, they name their daughters 'Lesbian', Rhodes has created a unique and macabre cycle of short musings on passion, woe, heartbreak and love in all of its many forms. Stories range from all-encompassing love, misguided affection and bitter sadness. The Times declared it "a strange world of joy, tragedy and cruelty…essential for anyone who has ever been in love."
