Bibliograph

Permafrost, SJ Norman

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Label

Permafrost, SJ Norman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Permafrost

Responsibility statement

SJ Norman

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Stepmother -- Permafrost -- Secondhand -- Whitehart -- Hinterhaus -- Unspeakable -- Playback

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