'A Cloud of Starlings'

PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY

'A Cloud of Starlings'

Graduate School

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Sian arrives home to find the lane to her house is scattered with dead birds, and her daughter obsessing over why they fell from the sky. This story explores the tensions between parental expectations and parental experience drawing on notions of Apophenia and Wittgenstein's philosophies of perception and language.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Take a Bite
Subtitle of host publication	The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology
Editors	Elaine Canning, Julia Bell
Place of Publication	Cardigan, Wales
Publisher	Parthian Books
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1913640637
ISBN (Print)	1913640639
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2021

Keywords

Short Story
short story anthology
fiction
literary fiction
explorations through fiction
motherhood
parenthood
childhood

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https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/rhys-davies-short-story-award-anthology-2021

1 Book

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HOLLOWAY, P., 27 Sept 2024, Cardigan, Wales: Parthian Books . 170 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

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'A Cloud of Starlings'

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