by A . L . Kennedy (Author)
The twelve stories in Indelible Acts are variations on a theme of longing - the unassuagable human need for contact, for completion, for that most fugitive gift of all: reciprocal love. Its characters' lives are thwarted, dashed, impassioned, each in their own way immolated by hope. A queue outside a cheese shop leads to a thrilling infidelity; a crematorium funeral exposes a love gone sour; a foreign hotel room becomes a diorama of despair as physical sickness becomes a metaphor for incurable grief. In the title story, two lovers confront their lusts amid the ruins of Rome; in 'A Bad Son' a young boy from a damaged home searches for some kind of peace in the newly fallen snow.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0099433486
ISBN 13: 9780099433484
Book Overview: 'A. L. Kennedy is one of the most brilliant writers of her generation' Sunday Telegraph