Camera Obscura
Author: Lomer, Kathryn
ISBN: 9780702235979
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 252
Dimensions: 199mm x 131mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Light and shadow, love and loss, the extraordinary and the everyday are captured through the lens of this evocative new collection of fiction. Camera Obscura moves through Greece, Italy and France, across to Japan and into the Australian suburbs, as its characters take journeys into themselves and away from their pasts. A mother's shattered view of the world is healed through her friendship with a blind man, and a mortician, unable to engage in life, finds solace among the dead. A couple plays out the final moments of a fading love, while an old man sets out to rekindle an enduring love from long ago.This is an outstanding collection of short fiction from an award-winning Tasmanian writer.
ISBN: 9780702235979
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 252
Dimensions: 199mm x 131mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Light and shadow, love and loss, the extraordinary and the everyday are captured through the lens of this evocative new collection of fiction. Camera Obscura moves through Greece, Italy and France, across to Japan and into the Australian suburbs, as its characters take journeys into themselves and away from their pasts. A mother's shattered view of the world is healed through her friendship with a blind man, and a mortician, unable to engage in life, finds solace among the dead. A couple plays out the final moments of a fading love, while an old man sets out to rekindle an enduring love from long ago.This is an outstanding collection of short fiction from an award-winning Tasmanian writer.
