The cover illustration on my edition is grey, slightly disorientating and very stylish. Which is exactly how I found this collection of short stories around the themes of unrequited or impossible emotion. I avoid the word 'love' because it's not always that easy - characters are complex, their actions not always laudable and sometimes the visceral wrench of yearning seems to be an end in itself. No happy endings - but you'd feel cheated if there were.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 34 April 2006 ) |
