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What links a caf#65533; in Antarctica, a factory for producing electronic tracking tags and a casino where gamblers can wager their shoes? They're among the multiple venues where award-winning writer Tania Hershman sets her unique tales in this spellbinding debut collection.Fleeing from tragedy, a bereaved mother opens a cafe on the road to the South Pole. A town which has always suffered extreme cold enjoys sudden warmth. A stranger starts plaiting a young woman's hair. A rabbi comes face to face with an angel in a car park. An elderly woman explains to her young carer what pregnancy used to mean before science took over. A middle-aged housewife overcomes a fear of technology to save her best friend. A desperate childless woman resorts to extreme measures to adopt. A young man's potential is instantly snuffed out by Nature's whims. A lonely widow bakes cakes in the shape of test tubes and DNA.A number of these stories are inspired by articles from science magazines, taking fact as their starting points and wondering what might happen if . . .' In these surreal, lyrical stories, many of which are only a few pages long, Tania Hershman allows her imagination free reign, as her characters navigate through love, death, friendship, spirituality, mental illness and the havoc wreaked by the weather. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Tania describes such stories as "science-inspired fiction" rather than "science fiction" - I though this might be Margaret Atwood-style cheese-paring at first, but having read the stories, I can see what she means, although a couple of the stories in the book can be described as SF. In most, however, the development is primarily internal and emotional rather than external and extrapolative.
Given that I like SF, this wasn't always to my taste; I felt that some of the stories could have done with more development of their basic idea. But I don't think there is a single bad story in this collection, the quality of the writing is high, and I found many stories, including the title story, "Evie and the Arfids", and "North Cold", highly memorable and effective. "The White Road and Other Stories" is well worth reading. ( )