Woolf, Alex
The Steel Kiss
Each of these nine stories explores a symptom of that pathology we call love. We meet a volatile woman whose husband betrays her once too often; a man who takes advantage of an amnesiac girl; a woman prepared to break a man’s spirit in order to win his heart; and a young man who obsesses about strangers on trains. We learn the corrosive power of secrets over the long course of a marriage, the way the pressure of years of conformity can explode in a single shocking act, and how love of the patriotic kind can, for a young soldier, end up brutalising the soul. By turns disturbing, funny, bittersweet and poignant, these are love stories of the darkest and most dangerous kind.
Nyckelord: short stories, love, relationships, madness, mental illness, breakdown, deception, self-deception, obsession, murder, deceit, secrets, psychological, suspense, thriller, horror, war, bittersweet, poignant
- Författare
- Woolf, Alex
- Utgivare
- Andrews UK
- Utgivningsår
- 2014
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 2
- Sidantal
- 70 sidor
- Kategori
- Prosa, noveller
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781849897440
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781849897457