Rothko's Red and Other Stories
Sue Hubbard
Rothko's Red and Other Stories
"Rothko's Red" is a collection of ten stories, subtly linked by painting and art, about the lives of women: their hopes, fears, failures and challenges. They reveal the choices and destinies of characters from various backgrounds, embracing the harsh realities of desire, loss and ageing. Powerful, yet tender, psychologically intricate and emotionally perceptive, these stories examine the complex lives of modern women.
3.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Short Stories |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
160 |
| RRP |
£12.99 |
| Date of Publication |
September 2008 |
| ISBN |
978-1844714445 |
| Publisher |
Salt Publishing |
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"Rothko's Red" is a collection of ten stories, subtly linked by painting and art, about the lives of women: their hopes, fears, failures and challenges. They reveal the choices and destinies of characters from various backgrounds, embracing the harsh realities of desire, loss and ageing. Powerful, yet tender, psychologically intricate and emotionally perceptive, these stories examine the complex lives of modern women.
Reviews
The Independent
Nicholas Royle
“Unexpectedly, perhaps, the most powerful results are achieved when Hubbard ventures beyond her middle-class creative types... Evidence of the poet's gift for imagery – "the wind snaps at the washing, filling out the drying shirts like the bloated bodies of the drowned" – is in plentiful supply. Of the ten stories, only two are in the first person. The second and last in the book is nakedly personal, and all the more powerful for it.”
09/01/2009
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