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Stan Barstow

    June 28, 1928 – August 1, 2011

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    Stan Barstow
    Jenseits von Glückseligkeit
    The Likes of Us
    Ask Me Tomorrow
    A Kind of Loving
    Joby
    Out of the air : five plays for radio
    • 2019

      Ask Me Tomorrow

      • 72 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Focusing on ambition and relationships, the narrative follows Wilf Cotton, a young writer inspired by his radio broadcast to leave his mining village for city life and novel-writing. Alongside him is a young woman returning to the city she once left, intertwining their journeys and exploring the dynamics of their relationship. Originally produced at the Sheffield Playhouse in 1965 and later as a radio play, the story captures the essence of personal growth and the challenges of pursuing artistic dreams.

      Ask Me Tomorrow
    • 2013

      The Likes of Us

      • 695 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories covering the last five decades of British life.

      The Likes of Us
    • 1985

      Joby

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novel is by the author of A Kind of Loving. 11-year-old Joby finds the world of August 1939 a disturbing place in which to be growing up.

      Joby
    • 1978
    • 1960

      Vic Brown is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid. As their relationship grows and changes he comes to terms - the hard way - with adult life and what it really means to love. The original Lad-Lit novel - Stan Barstow laid the ground for Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons. First published in 1960.

      A Kind of Loving