Blue Postcards
by Douglas Bruton
Description
Once there was a street in Paris and it was called the Street of Tailors. This was years back, in the blue mists of memory.
Now it’s the 1950s and Henri is the last tailor on the street. With meticulous precision he takes the measurements of men and notes them down in his leather-bound ledger. He draws on the cloth with a blue chalk, cuts the pieces and sews them together. When the suit is done, Henri adds a finishing touch: a blue Tekhelet thread hidden in the trousers somewhere, for luck. One day, the renowned French artist Yves Klein walks into the shop, and orders a suit.
Set in Paris, this atmospheric tale delicately intertwines three connected narratives and timelines, interspersed with observations of the colour blue. It is a meditation on truth and lies, memory and time and thought. It is a leap of the imagination, a leap into the void.
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World, excl. UK & Ireland
Author Biography
Douglas Bruton has been publish in variuos publications including Northwords Now, New Writing Scotland, Aestetica and The Irish Literary Review. His short stories have won competitions including Fish and The Neil Gunn Prize. He has published two novel, The Chess Piece Magician and Mrs Winchester’s Gun Club.
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Copyright © Douglas Bruton 2021
Fairlight Books
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- Publisher Fairlight Books
- Publication Date July 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781912054770
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 7.99 GBP
- Pages176
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionFirst Edition
- Copyright Year2021
- Page sizeA Format (178 x 111) mm
- SeriesFairlight Moderns
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