The trouble with fire / Fiona Kidman.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage, 2011.Description: 302 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781869793593 (pbk.) :
- 1869793595 (pbk.)
- New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012 Fiction Finalist.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | KID | 1 | Checked out | 15/04/2025 | T00513474 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A beautiful collection of stories by a pre-eminent writer, shortlisted for major awards.
Fiona Kidman has a genius for peeling back the lives of ordinary people to reveal their hidden passions and complexities. In this brilliant new collection, she explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be the impossible love of a pregnant woman for a married man, grief for a dead baby or loss of a young woman in mysterious circumstances. Ranging in time from the colonial period to the present day, these stories by one of New Zealand's foremost writers are beautifully crafted, intriguing and evocative.
' Her stories remind me of those of Alice Munro. Though they are very much of a time and place they have a universal dimension.' - Booksellers News
Shortlisted for the NZ Post Awards and the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award.
New Zealand author.
Part 1: Italian boy -- History of it -- Preservation -- Extremes -- Heaven freezes -- Silks -- Part 2: Man from Tooley Street -- Some other man -- Under water -- Part 3: Fragrance rising -- Trouble with fire.
The Italian boy -- The history of it -- Preservation -- Extremes -- Heaven freezes -- Silks -- The man from Tooley Street -- Some other man -- Under water -- Fragrance rising -- The trouble with fire.
- [A collection of eleven short stories, exploring the ways people are burned by emotion. The collection begins with stories set back in colonial times, working forward to contemporary pieces. While mourning for her dead baby, Annie finds solace in burning off the old stubble. An early Premier takes an interest in a Maori child who is lost, but his interest leaves his wife distraught. A couple have a passionate affair, until they are found out. And a strange light in the sky makes Simon's heart freeze.] - Contents: The Italian boy - The history of it - Preservation - Extremes - Heaven freezes - Silks - The man from tooley Street - Some other man - Under water - Fragrance rising - The trouble with fire.
"In this brilliant new collection, [Fiona Kidman] explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be the impossible love of a pregnant woman for a married man, grief for a dead baby or the loss of a young woman in mysterious circumstances." --Back cover.
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012 Fiction Finalist.
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012 - Fiction - Finalist
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