I Wanted to be Close to You
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fly on the Wall Press
Published:2nd Dec '22
Should be back in stock very soon
"“I wanted to be close to you. So I went to the forest…” Gardens, relationships and imaginations run wild in Katie Oliver’s debut short fiction collection. The world is unpredictable and no woman is safe. Boundaries are blurred: between fantasy and reality, technology and nature, autonomy and oppression. The threat of violence simmers throughout as women transform into birds, converse with plants and plot their revenge. These dark, surreal tales will put down roots and stay with you long after reading: how close… is too close?"
"Katie Oliver’s narrators are often facing a choice between the cold, clean world of technology and the murky darkness of nature, with neither option as the safe one, both posing a threat to the bodies of these women and their tenuous grip on sanity." - The Word Factory
"Oliver’s universe is surreal, fetid, and teeming with organic purpose" - The Yorkshire Times
'These stories sometimes contain laugh-out-loud moments for their imaginative reach but, in truth, are razor-sharp observations of our society.' - The Resting Willow
ISBN: 9781913211875
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
150 pages