Ben Rivers - Collected Stories

Fireflies Press 2023 ISBN 9780645454710 Acqn 34077

Pb 11x17cm 176pp ills £15.50

Collected Stories is, as implied by the title, a collection of stories, curated by Ben Rivers. Fiction
and poetry have always been an essential source of inspiration for his filmmaking. On the
occasion of the retrospective Ghost Strata, and other stories, held at Jeu de Paume in Paris in
November 2023, he decided to bring his films in conversation with writers who have influenced
him over the years. Rivers invited fourteen authors to watch one of his films and respond in
writing in any way they wished. Imaginative and surprising, the fables, essays and poems of
Collected Stories come together in a beautiful celebration of the work of one of contemporary
cinema's vital artists, doubling as a testament to the reciprocal nature of inspiration. The authors
of these collected stories are Gina Apostol, Chloe Aridjis, Kevin Barry, Xiaolu Guo, Golan Haji, M
John Harrison, Daisy Hildyard, Nathalie Leger, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Helen Oyeyemi, Iain
Sinclair, Irene Sola, Lynne Tillman and Marina Warner.

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