Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Two Girls in a Boat
Moving across England, the Balkans, and New Zealand, this collection traces the unexpected routes of people’s lives. Between urban and natural landscapes, it depicts unstable relationships and uncertain belonging.
Work Information
As places change, the outlines of relationships change too.
Crossing multiple geographies, the book shows how lives drift in unexpected directions. The accumulation of short stories quietly links far-apart places to one another.
Review Summaries
-
Its careful observation and quiet unease are praised, and it is received as a collection that captures the feel of place especially well.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Victoria Univ Pr
- Published
- 2013-09-01
- Pages
- 197 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14 x 1.5 x 21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780864738851
- ISBN-10
- 0864738854
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Short Stories/Single Author
A woman hacks at a tree while her daughter chases her targets deep into the bush. A visitor walks up the path towards razor-topped gates. A man drives his nameless passenger towards a fractured city. At the reservoir, dark shapes move in the depths of the water. Traversing England, the Balkans, and New Zealand past and present, these stories trace the unexpected paths of people's lives. From the winner of the 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Two Girls in a Boat is a debut of clear-eyed, unnerving brilliance.
Emma Martin is a writer whose short story "Two Girls in a Boat" won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.