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Falling : A novella Kindle Edition

by Chris Bruce (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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1969, Italy. Change is in the air. A year has passed since students and workers took control on the streets of Paris. Young people everywhere now believe they can improvise a new social order.

Adam, a young English art student, runs into Maria Pia, a photographer — little suspecting the profound consequences their meeting will soon have. She believes self-expression can have no limits. What does it mean to be absolutely free? Casually manipulative, she recruits Adam and his two friends — Laura and Danny — to take part in an experiment where all restraints are removed. But the flimsy ties that hold a man together can unravel.

‘Falling’ takes the reader back to a unique time of revolutionary excitement for a psychological drama, at once poignant and comedic, that delves into what truly ‘makes a man’.
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    September 6, 2020
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'I couldn't stop reading!!! This book has no boundaries.' Zoe M. Fiction Book Reviews Blog.

About the Author


Chris Bruce is a visual artist who lives and works in Cornwall, UK.

He exhibits as a painter, photographer and installationist; his paintings are in private collections. He is also a political cartoonist whose daily drawings can be found on Instagram at bruce_works15.

Graduating originally in Modern Languages from Cambridge University, Chris lived and worked for several years in Italy. His stories are set in that country, and concerned with the political undercurrents around the youth movement of the 1960's and '70's.

He says: 'I see the same themes being played out again today. There's a popular move against a status quo that, for a long while, has seemed set. People are taking to the streets again to make their voices heard.

'Falling' is his first work of fiction to be issued. It will be followed by a full length novel, 'Beauty on the Streets', and a sequel, 'On Wings of Lead'.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08F2PBYXC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 6, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 6, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2771 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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Chris Bruce is a visual artist who lives and works in Cornwall, UK. He exhibits as a painter and is also a political cartoonist whose daily drawings can be found on Instagram at bruce_works15. ‘Falling’ is his first work of fiction to be issued. It will be followed by a full length novel, ‘Beauty on the Streets’, and a sequel, ‘On Wings of Lead’

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Sharon B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Story! Fabulous Writing!
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020
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It's hard to believe this is the first of Chris Bruce's writings! Phenomenal!! I feel like I was transported back in time, to a lifestyle & culture I was too young to've experienced but have only read about. I am in awe & envy of how well he's able to weave such an irridescent story! The Renaissance man that this writer is has GOT to keep writing - - he's THAT good! ~Sharon Bandhold, Librarian (retired), Plattsburgh (NY) Public Library
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Ingdur
1.0 out of 5 stars drug abuse
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020
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This is a book about a person who lures her friends to a house where she is going to make photos, but in fact she lures them into a drug party, without them knowing what is going on. I stopped reading when they all are high on drugs and do things they would certainly not doing in their right minds. I dislike this kind of books.
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Fin C Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars An Ethereal journey through poetic prose that ends too soon
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2020
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Falling is a short novella that, as a reader, you wish to be longer and enjoy the richly drawn characters a bit longer. I had to ration it because I knew it was going to be over way too soon Chris Bruce writes with an assuredness and grasp of vocabulary that immediately leads you to think that he's been writing for decades.

There are so many quotable lines in this short piece of writing a few of which I feel compelled to quote here to demonstrate the richness of the author's writing, lines that stay with you long after you've finished the story:

"As she turned away, she darted me a bruised look, as if I'd betrayed her trust"

'She invited interrogation, yet met the simplest enquiries with the coyness that suggested that she was on the verge of divulging secrets'

'I was the Visigoths entering Rome, I was Atilla before Vienna, I was the rolling stones on the road'

The use of language and metaphor keep you feeling the drugged stupour of the protagonist, Adam, almost as if you are partaking in the intoxication of the evening. The rich use of language draws you in while jangling your senses pulling you relentlessly into Maria Pia's seance and its aftermath.

Chris Bruce displays a wide bohemian knowledge that is convincing and pleasurable to read as well as edifying. A talented author who promises to give us more. I look forward to his first full-length novel; if this serves as a sampler, we all have a lot to look forward to. UNequivocally a five star read.
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ruby millington
5.0 out of 5 stars Good things come in small packages
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2020
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Falling is a small, but perfectly-formed, work of fiction from Chris Bruce. Set in Italy in 1969, it chronicles the relationships within a group of free-thinking natives and ex-pats who embark on a experimental adventure. Like his protagonist, Adam, the author is an artist and so chapters are punctuated with his bold pen-and-ink drawings. It’s a lovely touch although such is Bruce’s way with words, his descriptive prose paints a vivid picture by itself. He has a knack of putting things in the prefect nutshell – a couple in a failing romance hold conversations ‘prospecting for a way to end things’; dawn is described as ‘Indigo rinsed from the night sky’; that TGIF feeling has the long-awaited weekend ‘unfurled before us like clean white sheets’. It really is a lovely read. My only, inevitable since it’s novella-length, criticism is that there’s not enough of it. Bruce creates such believable characters that, on reaching the end, you feel like new friendships have been nipped in the bud. I can only hope that Adam et al resurface in futures works.
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Zoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Falling
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020
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Set in 1969 a group of student's join Maria Pia who likes to live with no rules or boundary's. The book explores the ways that people have fallen. From falling asleep, to falling out of windows, to falling in general. I love how the author has taken the word 'falling' and shown how many different ways it can be used.

Although I found a few things quite shocking, I couldn't stop reading!!! This book has no boundaries. I was drawn into Maria Pia's world by the author. The book references sex and drug experiments. I found this book really fascinating and interesting. You really need to read this!!
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Mrs K
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2020
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The beauty of a novella lies in its ability to enable the reader to set aside a couple of hours to read and thereby immerse themselves fully in the atmosphere created. ''Falling' takes the reader to a hedonistic Italy and results in an enjoyable read with interesting characters and an engaging plot.

Amazon erroneously sent me a pre publication copy but this has now been resolved.
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JC
5.0 out of 5 stars Arresting and intriguing, leaves you wanting more.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2020
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Such a short yet enticing reveal. Chris writes with a drive and yet depth. Short sentences give impact and speed but the analogies paint layers of detail giving credence to the characters and atmosphere to the setting, poetic and ruthless in his observations, with more than a hint of humour. I've re-read it finding something different each time, it packs a weighty punch indeed. Can't wait for the full length novel, the Amuse Bouche went down very well.
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