Through four short stories and eight chapters of novels
Selected from the whole of Dannie Abse's writing career
to its sad decline in the 20th century
and domesticity unexpectedly converge
She has also compiled and translated a collection of Irish contemporary poetry
The Turpentine Tree Mona Kareem Through four short stories andThe Turpentine Tree employs strong, sensuous imagery to explore displacement, solitude and the search for connection. Drawing on memories from a life uprooted by time spent at sea, widowhood, and loss, she conjures vivid portraits of family, friends and loved ones. Often these recollections are bittersweet, recalling friends and lovers lost, including her later partner, Dannie Abse. From her experiences of loss and solitude come landscapes of silence: