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Relief
Author(s): Anna Taylor (Author)
- Publisher: Victoria University Press
- Publication Date: 4 May 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 221 pages
- ISBN-10: 0864735871
- ISBN-13: 9780864735874
Book Description
Effortlessly blending dark humor with unnerving situations, this collection of stories addresses a variety of entertaining scenarios with warmth and subtlety. From a story about a little girl out of her depth in a friendship with an adult neighbor to an armed intruder thwarted by a bee and from a tale about a woman determined to believe in her brother’s goodness under the shadow of accusation to a story about a Christmas dinner guest who will eat only peas, these works describe surreal, sometimes menacing situations that are equally original and funny.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Dark, sometimes menacing, often funny, this is an extraordinary collection of stories. They are beautifully understated, yet deeply layered, and the weather is a wonderful character in many of them. My favourite two are Michael is Fasting for Christmas and In the Wind – both deal with dark subjects in witty and original ways. Carole Beu The Women’s Bookshop SPEAKING VOLUMES RADIO NZ NATIONAL These are wonderful stories, exquisitely observed and recorded with delicacy and wit. Emily Perkins Taylor has produced a superb debut collection, is unafraid to turn calamities into blessings, and writes with the elegance and composure of a silversmith. I can’t wait to read what she does next. Paula Green NZ HERALD
About the Author
Anna Taylor a writer and the winner of the Adam Prize in creative writing.
