In the Beginning there was Physics

by Frank Kuppner

This new collection of writing takes wild leaps of the imagination into Ancient Rome, contemporary Glasgow, uninhabited planets, and into the rooms of unknown (forever unknown) women. Kuppner's well-observed set pieces move from surreal and gleeful takes on life's little follies to world religions, characters let loose in unnamed cities, and the slow termination of the human species.

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2001

About the author

Frank Kuppner was born in Glasgow in 1951 and has lived there ever since. He has been Writer in Residence at various institutions, currently at Strathclyde. Carcanet have published six books of his poetry: A Bad Day for the Sung Dynasty (Scottish Arts Council Book Award, 1984), The Intelligent Observation of Naked Women (1987), Ridiculous! Absurd! Disgusting! (1989), Everything is Strange (1994), Second Best Moments in Chinese History (1997) and What? Again? Selected Poems (2000).

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well I got to p35 which equated to 8 of the 'stories' in this book before giving up. There is nothing new or interesting here, just juvenile self-indulgent nonsense that I find it hard to believe would be of any interest to anyone other than the author. I'm really amazed this got published.