A collection of stories about life’s outsiders. Sometimes shocking, but all sensitively written. A collection of stories with a difference.
June 2010 Guest Editor Patrick Gale on Barbara Gowdy...
As yet the only collection of stories from this consistently brilliant Canadian novelist, this is every bit as unsettling as Ian McEwan’s notorious early books. The title tale of necrophilia is the one everyone remembers but my particular favourite is Presbyterian Crosswalk, a funny, nasty tale of childhood anxiety and religious mania.
A young, beautiful, female necrophile, obsessed with the moment that life turns to death, begins an intense relationship with a medical student that inevitably leads to tragedy. This short story was the basis for the critically acclaimed film Kissed.Hailed as "e;remarkable and uplifting"e; by The Globe and Mail and published to equally glowing acclaim around the world, Barbara Gowdy's groundbreaking collection of stories, We So Seldom Look on Love, pushes past the limits of convention into lives that are fantastic and heartbreakingly real.HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms.
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A young, beautiful, female necrophile, obsessed with the moment that life turns to death, begins an intense relationship with a medical student that inevitably leads to tragedy. This short story was the basis for the critically acclaimed film Kissed.Hailed as "e;remarkable and uplifting"e; by The Globe and Mail and published to equally glowing acclaim around the world, Barbara Gowdy's groundbreaking collection of stories, We So Seldom Look on Love, pushes past the limits of convention into lives that are fantastic and heartbreakingly real.HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms.
We So Seldom Look On Love features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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We So Seldom Look On Love was written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins Canada
£1.17. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
