by Joanne Harris · Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724140391
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«Danças & Contradanças» is the short story collection by Joanne Harris, published by Asa in paperback (224 pages, in Portuguese).
Twenty-two tales with a sarcastic and malicious tone in which the author combines everyday characters and situations with fantastic and unexpected elements: suburban witches, provocative old ladies, werewolves or suicidal lottery winners.
It is Joanne Harris's first short story collection; this Portuguese edition was published in 2007, based on the original English Jigs & Reels (2004).
For readers of short stories with black humor and magical realism, and for fans of the author of Chocolate.
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris is a British author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, of a French mother and a British father, she was a teacher of French for 15 years and had published three novels during this period before the surprise success of Chocolat enabled her to write full time. Since then she has written over 30 books in a number of genres, including fantasy, psychological thriller, novellas, short stories and non-fiction. Harris' books often feature themes of women's empowerment, folklore, motherhood, community, outsiders and outcasts, and food.
