Escape Routes (book)

First edition

Escape Routes is the debut collection of short stories from author Naomi Ishiguro.[1] The 2020 publication from Tinder Press consists of eight short stories and a novella, all with somewhat fantastical themes.[2][3] One reviewer praised "her audacious talent and her ability to satirise the modern world."[4] While reviewers generally liked the work, they found some stories to be more successful than others: particularly the novella, "The Rat Catcher," was criticised as "overextended".[2][5]

Ishiguro is the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro and had studied English at University College London before pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.[2]

  1. ^ Baker, Phil (2 February 2020). "Short stories roundup: Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro; Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories by Kim Young-ha; The Boatman and Other Stories by Billy O'Callaghan". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Mabbott, Alastair (16 February 2020). "Review: Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ Steele, Colin (9 May 2020). "Kazuo Ishiguro's first book, Escape Routes, finds magic in the everyday". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ Garavelli, Dani (1 April 2020). "Footprints, David Farrier; Escape Routes, Naomi Ishiguro". Big Issue. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ Lloyd, John (8 November 2019). "Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro". NB Magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2020.