Relief

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Relief
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anna Taylor
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:221
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780864735874
ClassificationsDewey:823.3
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Victoria University Press
Publication Date 5 April 2009
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

From a young girl's improper visit to an adult neighbour to a family's relief at the lifting of sex abuse charges, from a fasting Christmas Dinner guest to a messy stumble with an urn of ashes, these stories effortlessly mix the menacing and the comic, and handle real-life situations with warmth and subtlety. Relief introduces an astonishingly mature and confident new voice in New Zealand fiction.

Author Biography

Anna Taylor was born in 1982. She completed the MA in Creative Writing at Victoria University in 2006, and won the Adam Prize in Creative Writing for the manuscript she wrote during that year. She lives in Wellington. This is her first book