Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Soledad Puértolas, Rosalind Harvey, Nell Leyshon, Anne McLean, Rhidian Brook, Yuri Herrera, Kamila Shamsie, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Vicente Molina Foix, Samantha Schnee, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Daniel Hahn, Christina MacSweeney, Margarita Valencia, Hisham Matar, Valeria Luiselli, Deborah Levy, Lisa Dillman, Frank Wynne

240 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging informative slow-paced
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"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,are of imagination all compact."- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s DreamTo commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, And Other Stories and Hay Fest...

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Community Reviews Summary of 7 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
funny 100%
hopeful 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.25

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