Articles liés à Curiosity
Synopsis
Typically, her characters and speakers bring us into their troubled worlds so that we find ourselves sharing their troubles but not simply as problems described; we become, like them, prisoners of a state of mind in which words at once tell us something yet withdraw that promise of meaning and certainty. It is an extraordinary collection.
-Richard Bradford, Research Professor of English, Ulster University
‘By turns poignant, unsettling and surprising, Geraldine Fleming’s stories offer finely-crafted insights into the passions and the vagaries of the human heart. Collecting together eco-fables and speculative parables, ghost stories and domestic dramas, the narratives in Curiosity introduce a menagerie of estranged, driven, tormented characters. An opal hunter with a secret, a young girl charged with saving a planet under threat, a murder victim calling out to the living: all are linked by a deep curiosity to know themselves or the worlds they inhabit in ways that are forbidden and seemingly beyond their reach. Fleming has created vistas and voices that, once encountered, remain indelible.’
-Kathleen McCracken, Poet.
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‘The everyday, the paranormal and the dystopian sit shoulder to shoulder in these unsettling stories featuring worlds we recognise and worlds that we don’t. What unites them is their clever observation, an astute examination of the human condition, and an enduring faith in the triumph of the individual spirit.’
-Bernie McGill, Author.
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