Perma frost /
Norman, S. J.,
Perma frost / Permafrost S J Norman. - St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2021. - 213 pages ; 23 cm.
Stepmother -- Permafrost -- Secondhand -- Whitehart -- Hinterhaus -- Unspeakable -- Playback.
Permafrost explores the shifting spaces of desire, loss and longing, inverting and queering the gothic and romantic traditions, each story represents a different take on the concept of a haunting or the haunted. Though it ranges across themes and locations - from small-town Australia to Hokkaido to rural England - this collection is united by the power of the narratorial voice, with its auto-fictional resonances, dark wit and swagger. Whether recounting the confusion of a child trying to decipher their father and stepmother's new relationship, the surrealness of an after-hours tour of Auschwitz, or a journey to wintry Japan to reconnect with a former lover, Permafrost unsettles, transports and impresses in equal measure.
9780702263422 (paperback)
jb2021066815
Short stories.
Country life--England--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australia--Fiction.
Hokkaido (Japan)--Fiction.
[GENRE]--Print --Adult fiction
Indigenous collection
Short stories
Australian fiction
A823.4
Perma frost / Permafrost S J Norman. - St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2021. - 213 pages ; 23 cm.
Stepmother -- Permafrost -- Secondhand -- Whitehart -- Hinterhaus -- Unspeakable -- Playback.
Permafrost explores the shifting spaces of desire, loss and longing, inverting and queering the gothic and romantic traditions, each story represents a different take on the concept of a haunting or the haunted. Though it ranges across themes and locations - from small-town Australia to Hokkaido to rural England - this collection is united by the power of the narratorial voice, with its auto-fictional resonances, dark wit and swagger. Whether recounting the confusion of a child trying to decipher their father and stepmother's new relationship, the surrealness of an after-hours tour of Auschwitz, or a journey to wintry Japan to reconnect with a former lover, Permafrost unsettles, transports and impresses in equal measure.
9780702263422 (paperback)
jb2021066815
Short stories.
Country life--England--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australia--Fiction.
Hokkaido (Japan)--Fiction.
[GENRE]--Print --Adult fiction
Indigenous collection
Short stories
Australian fiction
A823.4
