Publisher's Synopsis
Four Walks is a collection of meditations, stories and philosophical musings from Macclesfield based author and poet Simon Ross.
A collection of eclectic, experimental short stories which subvert expectations and formatting on the page to create a kaleidoscope of a text informed as much by postmodernist philosopher Jean Baudrillard as it is by post-punk band Joy Division and the minimalist design sensibilities of Factory Records to create a Objet d'art. A map of four walks in fiction. Includes the postmodernist ghost story Astrea, equal parts E. E. Cummings and William Shakespheare and 'watched it slip away' - a melancholic exploration into the great literature of the past through the streets of Mill Street, Macclesfield and the music of Joy Division. Finally there is an essay on poetry and a collection of Simon's own vivid poems.
