Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love

Last updated • 3 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love
DontTellMeTheTruthAboutLove.jpg
First edition (UK)
Author Dan Rhodes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Fourth Estate (UK)
Publication date
2001
Media typePrint & ebook
Pages192
ISBN 1-84115-195-5

Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love is a short story collection by British author Dan Rhodes, first published in 2001 by Fourth Estate (HarperCollins). It was the first book written by the author while he was living on London Road, Sheffield between 1996 and 1997, but was his second book published. It has since been translated into five languages. [1]

Contents

Stories

  1. "The Carolingian Period" : An architecture professor giving a tutorial on "Ecclesiastical structures of the Carolingian Period" (including music by Terry Edwards) is suddenly struck by the beauty of the young student before him and longs to be young again...
  2. "The Violoncello" : Set in modern day Vietnam it concerns Ngoc, a talented self-taught cellist, who three days a week practices on the steps of the Library of Social Sciences. She draws a regular crowd to hear her, amongst them is Tuan who becomes infatuated with Ngoc and determines to become her 'cello...
  3. "Glass Eyes" : Deep in a forest a young man sleeps on a heart shaped bed with his older one-eyed lover. She asks him if he will show his love for her by becoming like her and asks him to give her his left eye...
  4. "Mademoiselle Arc-en-ciel": A man and his landlord both fall in love with a beautiful neighbour...
  5. "Landfill" : In which a man breaks into a landfill site to dispose of his rubbish and meets a beautiful woman and returns again and again to see her. But the woman is obsessed with landfill...
  6. "The Painting" : In a clearing deep in the woods an artist paints a staggeringly beautiful picture of a woman. All who see it are unable to take their eyes off it, and never escape...
  7. "Beautiful Consuela" : A woman tests the love of her husband to destruction...

Reception

Stage Adaptation

Three of the stories have been interlinked into a stage adaptation by Julia Hicks, also called Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love, performed at the Bedlam Theatre in February 2008. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Snow Queen</span> Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

"The Snow Queen" is an 1844 original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. Unlike Andersen's other stories, The Snow Queen is written in a novel-styled narrative, being divided into seven chapters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Snow White</span> German fairy tale

"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales, numbered as Tale 53. The original German title was Sneewittchen; the modern spelling is Schneewittchen. The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854, which can be found in the 1857 version of Grimms' Fairy Tales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shapeshifting</span> Ability to physically transform in mythology, folklore and speculative fiction

In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting is in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest existent literature and epic poems such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad. The concept remains a common literary device in modern fantasy, children's literature and popular culture.

<i>The Slipper and the Rose</i> 1976 British film

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella is a 1976 British musical retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976.

<i>The StoryTeller</i> (TV series) British childrens fantasy (1987)

The StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet television series that originally aired in 1987 and which was created and produced by Jim Henson.

Dan Rhodes is an English writer known for the novel Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003), a subversion of the popular Lassie Come Home movie. He is also the author of Anthropology (2000), a collection of 101 stories, each consisting of exactly 101 words. In 2010 he was awarded the E. M. Forster Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prince Charming</span> A theme in storytelling, often used as a stock character

Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, including "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella", even if in the original story they were given another name, or no name at all.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights</span> 1833 fairy tale poem by Pushkin

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights is an 1833 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin telling a fairy tale of Prince Yelisei's search for his love, the Tsarevna (princess), who has been cast out by her stepmother.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black Bull of Norroway</span> Scottish fairy tale

The Black Bull of Norroway is a fairy tale from Scotland. A version titled The Black Bull of Norroway in the 1870 edition of Popular Rhymes of Scotland was reprinted in an Anglicised version by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book More English Fairy Tales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Blue Bird (fairy tale)</span> French literary fairy tale

"The Blue Bird" is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697. An English translation was included in The Green Fairy Book, 1892, collected by Andrew Lang.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The White Cat (fairy tale)</span> French literary fairytale

The White Cat is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.

<i>1001 Nights of Snowfall</i> 2006 graphic novel

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall is a graphic novel prequel to the comic book series Fables written by series creator Bill Willingham with a variety of artists. It was released on October 18, 2006 by Vertigo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen of Fables</span> Comics character

Queen of Fables is a supervillain who has battled the Justice League, Wonder Woman and Superman. Based on the character of the Evil Queen from "Snow White", the Queen of Fables is the living embodiment of all evil in folklore. She first appeared in JLA #47, and was created by Gail Simone, Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch.

"Lie to Me" is the seventh episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It originally aired on The WB on November 3, 1997.

<i>Beyond the Clouds</i> (1995 film) 1995 Italian-French-German romance film

Beyond the Clouds is a 1995 Italian-French-German romance film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, with contributions by Wim Wenders, and starring John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Irène Jacob, Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Weller, Marcello Mastrioanni, and Jean Reno. The film consists of four stories of romantic love and illusion told from the perspective of a wandering film director. In the first story, two beautiful young lovers are unable to consummate their passion because the young man desires impossible perfection. In the second story, the director makes love to a young woman who reveals that she murdered her father. In the third story, a man makes an effort to appease both his wife and his mistress. In the fourth story, a young man is infatuated with a girl who is about to enter a convent. This was the final feature-length film by Antonioni before his death in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Somebody Else's Prince</span> Short story by Evelyn Sharp

"Somebody Else's Prince" belongs to a collection of short stories, named The Other Side of the Sun, written by Evelyn Sharp (1869–1955) in 1900. Other stories in this collection include: The Weird Witch of the Willowherb, The Magician's Tea-Party, The Hundredth Princess, The Tears of Princess Prunella, The Palace on the Floor, The Lady Daffodilia, and The Kite That Went to the Moon.

"The End of the Affair?" is the eleventh episode of season 5 on the show, Gossip Girl. The episode was directed by Michael Grossman and written by Sara Goodman. It was aired on January 16, 2012 on the CW. This episode continues the fifth season after a winter break.

<i>Marry Me</i> (short story collection) 2013 short story collection by Dan Rhodes

Marry Me is a short story collection by British author Dan Rhodes. It was published in 2013 by Canongate Books. It is a sequel to his earlier collection Anthropology: And a Hundred Other Stories, moving the girlfriend relationships of the earlier book into the realm of marriage. It carries the strapline "Essential reading for anyone who is, has ever been, or might one day be married."

<i>The Starless Sea</i> 2019 novel by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea is a 2019 speculative fiction novel by Erin Morgenstern. It is her second book, following the best-selling The Night Circus, which was published in 2011. The novel reached number three on The New York Times Best Seller list, and was also a Los Angeles Times and Sunday Times bestseller.

References