All the Way to Summer (eBook)

Stories of Love and Longing

Fiona Kidman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
352 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-434-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing, from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy.Two mothers fight about wearing a hat on their children's wedding day. A needle is lost inside a woman's body. A writer waits with a suitcase for a man who never comes.In thirteen short stories written over several decades, Dame Fiona Kidman vividly evokes the glow of desire and the pain of heartbreak, the thrill of illicit liaisons and the twists and turns of unconventional love. Sometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, All the Way to Summer is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.

Autor

Dame Fiona Kidman OBE, Légion d'honneur, is one of New Zealand's foremost contemporary writers. A novelist, short story writer and poet, she is the author of more than 30 books. She has worked as a librarian, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film. She lives in Wellington.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: award-winning author • Character-driven stories • Coming-of-age • Contemporary fiction • Desire • desire and regret • emotional depth • Emotional resilience • emotional storytelling • Exploration of love • family dynamics • Feminist literature • fiction collection • Fiona Kidman • heartbreak • illicit affairs • literary fiction • literary themes • Loss • love and longing • modern feminism • Motherhood • NARRATIVE STYLE • New Zealand Literature • personal narratives • poignant stories • relationships • Short Stories • societal expectations • unconventional love • Women's Fiction
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-434-4 / 1805334344
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-434-7 / 9781805334347