A lover rolls three mysterious marbles in her palm. Elderly men share tea in fading sunshine. A child watches a piano sway above a tower block. A thousand natural shocks explores the extraordinary within the everyday, how passion or chaos can spark in a moment, how fate turns on a breath. Taut and sensual, these twenty two stories from the Noel Road Writers span youth to old age, tracing themes including the struggles of growing up, the refuge of love, parenthood and survival. The Noel Road Writers met at Birkbeck College and live and work in and around London.
