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Fiction and publications by Lisa Selvidge The following titles can be purchased from www.montanhabooks.com as well as from online bookstores and some UK and Algarve bookshops. Kindle versions for some of the publications are available from www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com and www.amazon.de Earlier works were published by Lulu and can still be purchased from www.lulu.com/lisa9. If anyone would like to review any of the following works, please request a complimentary copy. For orders of multiple copies a discount is available. Short Collections
‘Lisa Selvidge has brilliantly captured the essence of life in the Algarve, delving beneath the charming white-washed exterior to express a darker side to life in the sun for locals, ex-pats and tourist. Beyond the Sea is a bitter-sweet portrayal of on-goings that are not only fascinating, but unsettlingly realistic – like peeking through the neighbour’s window. I thoroughly enjoyed it.’ Carrie-Marie Bratley, The Portugal News ‘It's hard to get short stories just right. Lisa Selvidge unfurls her collection with a clear insight into the Algarve’s loosely woven workings with a worryingly perceptive grasp of the human condition - just right!’ Paul Rees, get real weekly ‘A delicious kaleidoscopic view of the sun-soaked polyglot Algarve.’ Natasha Donn, Algarve 123 Copies are available at The Owl Story Bookshop in Lagos, the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pera, Lura dos Livros in Tavira, The Griffin Bookshop, Almancil, The Book Cellar, Carvoeiro and at the library in Monchique. Kindle edition £3.75: Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RR19H0 Amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004RR19H0 Translations of Beyond the Sea:
Zwischen Himmel und Meer – Geschichten aus der Algarve, Montanha Books, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-9559856-3-8 ,Dieses Buch hätte ich gerne vor meinem ersten Urlaub in der Algarve gelesen. Lisa Selvidge öffnet Touristenaugen für das Lebensgefühl unterschiedlicher Menschen der Region, Alteingesessene und Aussteiger, jeder auf seine Weise von der ursprünglichen Landschaft geprägt. Die Geschichten fesseln, informieren und lösen das Bedürfnis aus, das Flugticket für den nächsten Besuch in der Algarve zu buchen. Nicht nur in Erwartung leckerer Fischgerichte, traumhafter Strände und fantastischer Golfplätze – sondern voller Neugier.' Bernd Meier, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig ,Dieses packende Potpourri von lose miteinander verbundenen Charakteren und Geschichten lässt für den Kenner der Algarve Erinnerungen wach werden, Unkundige erliegen der Faszination dieser Region.' Barbara Fellgiebel, Assoziation der Literatur- und Filmfreunde der Algarve Kindle edition €3.97Amazon.de https://www.amazon.de/dp/B005GZ1X3M
Para Lá do Mar - Histórias do Algarve, Montanha Books, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-9559856-4-5 “Uma visão caleidoscópica deliciosa de um Algarve poliglota banhado pelo sol.” Natasha Donn, Algarve 123 “Visitantes, estrangeiros, soprados até aqui pela morna brisa Algarvia; histórias que se misturam com lugares e tabernas, hippies e amantes, bêbados e oportunistas, expostos ao calor do sol. Lisa Selvidge com a sua perspicácia no auge.” Paul Rees, get real weekly “Esta intriga de histórias soltas, que faz lembrar uma manta de retalhos, com personagens e histórias interligadas, tornam o Algarve reconhecível para quem o conhece bem e tornam-no fascinante para quem nunca lá esteve.” Barbara Fellgiebel, Associação dos Amigos da Literatura e Filme do Algarve. Kindle edition €3.97 Amazon.de https://www.amazon.de/dp/B005H4UZYA Amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005H4UZYA
Summer Times in the Algarve, Montanha Books, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-9559856-0-7 'Like the joy of discovering lost snapshots, this collection gives treasured glimpses into both the richness and simplicity of Algarve life, past and present.' Virginia Boston 'Whether you are living here, or just visiting, this book will open a window onto life in the Algarve beyond the golf courses and beaches.' John Colloff The Algarve is the source of inspiration for this exciting new collection of short stories, memoirs and poetry. Seventeen contemporary writers both recollect and recreate the lives of people along the Algarve coast from Tavira to Sagres and up into the mountains. They take us on a journey back in time to the Moors, through the Revolution of April 1974, and into the twenty-first century. Some mourn the vanishing years of the simple pastoral life, impoverished though it was, some celebrate it. Others on short visits have been enchanted or amused by an event with one of its inhabitants and, somehow, when they left, a bit of their heart has stayed behind. All of them are united by their fondness of Portugal and its serene and laid-back southern province. A perfect holiday read when in the Algarve or as a present to take home.
Kindle edition £3.75 Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JUPTPM Amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005JUPTPM Contemporary novels
In 1984, Johnny East, a dancer, is invited to Berlin by mad Alice, an English girl living a bohemian life in the city at the heart of the Cold War. Alice is besotted with Johnny, but on a trip to the East one day, Johnny meets and falls in love with a Russian aerialist in East Berlin. They begin an affair that leaves a trail of East-West transits, both legal and illegal, including one of the most daring crossings of the Berlin Wall. Twenty years on Johnny is the director of an aerial company and with an exciting new performance returns to Berlin, a new vibrant city, to face the ghosts of the past. The Last Dance over the Berlin Wall is a story of young love, decadence and tragedy in the walled-in city of West Berlin. ‘An utterly compelling story which draws the reader into the fractured world of eighties Berlin, where life is fast paced, subversive, at times beautiful, but also tragic. Lisa Selvidge's writing is as eloquent and supple as the aerialiste at the heart of the book. This novel is a spellbinding tale of individual consequences spinning out from a striking political divide.’ Sarah Law, Poet, Lecturer, London Metropolitan University ‘The avant garde, all night culture of West Berlin in the 1980s exists now only in the precarious memories of its punk rock survivors. Lisa Selvidge’s novel allows those who were not there a glimpse of this extraordinary historic and cultural moment. Her characters are richly drawn, wholly convincing, and emblematic of that time and place.’ Cid Pearlman, Choreographer, West Berlin resident 1984-1986 Here is a short piece published in the Guardian Weekly about the writing of the novel, The Last Dance over the Berlin Wall.
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