What Remains
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n the beginning there is nothing. Breath stirring a blank sea. Vague
shapes beneath the surface. An old, blurred bone, a chiselled stone, clues
in the midden. There’s that deep feeling, the yearning, slow burn. Something
incomplete or missing insists, lodged like a wedge. Something tugs, aligns,
sets you facing a specific direction − discovers a woman lying in a road,
another standing beside her dead mother, a man who finds salvation in a
bottle, one who feels invincible, risking everything, and one who dies thirty years after an attempt on his life. The writer traverses the dream, her fingers sleepwalking over the
keyboard. Seeking momentary relief, the feeling of completion. Even as the hand lifts to write the first line, there is no clear idea of what will emerge. Look around. You think we intended this?
shapes beneath the surface. An old, blurred bone, a chiselled stone, clues
in the midden. There’s that deep feeling, the yearning, slow burn. Something
incomplete or missing insists, lodged like a wedge. Something tugs, aligns,
sets you facing a specific direction − discovers a woman lying in a road,
another standing beside her dead mother, a man who finds salvation in a
bottle, one who feels invincible, risking everything, and one who dies thirty years after an attempt on his life. The writer traverses the dream, her fingers sleepwalking over the
keyboard. Seeking momentary relief, the feeling of completion. Even as the hand lifts to write the first line, there is no clear idea of what will emerge. Look around. You think we intended this?
CONTRIBUTORS: Dawn Garisch
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PAGES: 224
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DAWN GARISCH is an author and medical doctor. She is a
founding member of the Life Righting Collective (liferighting.com), running writing courses. She has had seven novels, two collections of poetry, short stories, a non-fiction work and a memoir published. She has had five plays and a short film produced and has written for television. Her poem ‘Blood Delta’ won the DALRO prize (2007); Trespass was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in Africa (2010); ‘Miracle’ won the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry Award (2011); and ‘What to Do About Ricky’ won the Short.Sharp.Stories competition (2013). Her novel Accident was longlisted for the Barry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award (2018), and her novel Breaking Milk was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/CAN Fiction Award (2021) and will be published in the UK by Héloïse Press in 2024. Her second collection of poetry Disturbance came out in 2020. What Remains is her first collection of short stories.
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n the beginning there is nothing. Breath stirring a blank sea. Vague
shapes beneath the surface. An old, blurred bone, a chiselled stone, clues
in the midden. There’s that deep feeling, the yearning, slow burn. Something
incomplete or missing insists, lodged like a wedge. Something tugs, aligns,
sets you facing a specific direction − discovers a woman lying in a road,
another standing beside her dead mother, a man who finds salvation in a
bottle, one who feels invincible, risking everything, and one who dies thirty years after an attempt on his life. The writer traverses the dream, her fingers sleepwalking over the
keyboard. Seeking momentary relief, the feeling of completion. Even as the hand lifts to write the first line, there is no clear idea of what will emerge. Look around. You think we intended this?
shapes beneath the surface. An old, blurred bone, a chiselled stone, clues
in the midden. There’s that deep feeling, the yearning, slow burn. Something
incomplete or missing insists, lodged like a wedge. Something tugs, aligns,
sets you facing a specific direction − discovers a woman lying in a road,
another standing beside her dead mother, a man who finds salvation in a
bottle, one who feels invincible, risking everything, and one who dies thirty years after an attempt on his life. The writer traverses the dream, her fingers sleepwalking over the
keyboard. Seeking momentary relief, the feeling of completion. Even as the hand lifts to write the first line, there is no clear idea of what will emerge. Look around. You think we intended this?
CONTRIBUTORS: Dawn Garisch
EAN: 9781776458103
COUNTRY:
PAGES: 224
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT:
PUBLISHED BY: Karavan Press
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE:
WIDTH:
SPINE:
Book Themes:
DAWN GARISCH is an author and medical doctor. She is a
founding member of the Life Righting Collective (liferighting.com), running writing courses. She has had seven novels, two collections of poetry, short stories, a non-fiction work and a memoir published. She has had five plays and a short film produced and has written for television. Her poem ‘Blood Delta’ won the DALRO prize (2007); Trespass was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in Africa (2010); ‘Miracle’ won the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry Award (2011); and ‘What to Do About Ricky’ won the Short.Sharp.Stories competition (2013). Her novel Accident was longlisted for the Barry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award (2018), and her novel Breaking Milk was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/CAN Fiction Award (2021) and will be published in the UK by Héloïse Press in 2024. Her second collection of poetry Disturbance came out in 2020. What Remains is her first collection of short stories.
