The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up and Other Stories

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The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up: And Other Stories is the first collection of short stories by David Lodge.

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The collection was initially published in 1995 by the Zurich-based publisher Haffmans Verlag entitled Sommergeschichten – Wintermärchen (Summer Stories - Winter Tales) then in 1998 a limited edition was published by his friend Tom Rosenthal by Bridgewater Press, entitled The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up: And Other Stories: a more engaging title. The collection contained six stories. In 2016 two further stories were added as were the Foreword, Afterword and 'Hommage to David Lodge' by Philippine Hamen. [1]

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