The Steel Kiss
Tales of Love, Obsession, Madness and Deceit
Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Short Stories
| Author: | Alex Woolf | ISBN: | 9781849897433 |
| Publisher: | Andrews UK | Publication: | May 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AUK Authors | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alex Woolf |
| ISBN: | 9781849897433 |
| Publisher: | Andrews UK |
| Publication: | May 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AUK Authors |
| Language: | English |
Each of these nine stories explores a symptom of that pathology we call love. We meet a volatile woman whose husband betrays her once too often; a man who takes advantage of an amnesiac girl; a woman prepared to break a man’s spirit in order to win his heart; and a young man who obsesses about strangers on trains. We learn the corrosive power of secrets over the long course of a marriage, the way the pressure of years of conformity can explode in a single shocking act, and how love of the patriotic kind can, for a young soldier, end up brutalising the soul. By turns disturbing, funny, bittersweet and poignant, these are love stories of the darkest and most dangerous kind.
Each of these nine stories explores a symptom of that pathology we call love. We meet a volatile woman whose husband betrays her once too often; a man who takes advantage of an amnesiac girl; a woman prepared to break a man’s spirit in order to win his heart; and a young man who obsesses about strangers on trains. We learn the corrosive power of secrets over the long course of a marriage, the way the pressure of years of conformity can explode in a single shocking act, and how love of the patriotic kind can, for a young soldier, end up brutalising the soul. By turns disturbing, funny, bittersweet and poignant, these are love stories of the darkest and most dangerous kind.
