The trouble with fire /
Kidman, Fiona, Dame, 1940-
The trouble with fire / Fiona Kidman. - Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage, 2011. - 302 pages ; 24 cm.
Part 1: Italian boy -- History of it -- Preservation -- Extremes -- Heaven freezes -- Silks -- Part 2: Man from Tooley Street -- Some other man -- Under water -- Part 3: Fragrance rising -- Trouble with fire.
"In this brilliant new collection, [Fiona Kidman] explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be the impossible love of a pregnant woman for a married man, grief for a dead baby or the loss of a young woman in mysterious circumstances." --Back cover.
9781869793593
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Emotions--Fiction.
Short stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2
The trouble with fire / Fiona Kidman. - Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage, 2011. - 302 pages ; 24 cm.
Part 1: Italian boy -- History of it -- Preservation -- Extremes -- Heaven freezes -- Silks -- Part 2: Man from Tooley Street -- Some other man -- Under water -- Part 3: Fragrance rising -- Trouble with fire.
"In this brilliant new collection, [Fiona Kidman] explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be the impossible love of a pregnant woman for a married man, grief for a dead baby or the loss of a young woman in mysterious circumstances." --Back cover.
9781869793593
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Emotions--Fiction.
Short stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2