Glitter Rose - Marianne de Pierres and Twelfth Planet Press
Glitter Rose is a very special collection. Marianne's stories of Tinashi and her experiences returning to Carmine Island stir the heart with sadness, tenderness and not a small amount of wonder. Carmine Island is a surreal yet beautiful place, there is danger and an ominous presence about the island and its inhabitants/history but in equal measure there is solace, comfort, healing and isolation - which Tinashi seeks.
As a character, Tinashi was real to me. I could see the way she moved and spoke. Her sadness was my sadness. When she walked the shores of Carmine Beach during the glitter rose sunset, I walked with her. Katrin and Lauren as characters were similarly real to me, I really felt part of their world and the stories they had to share.
These are stories that move you, they are important stories in a world of stories. The way they speak, where their concerns are situated, how the story flows is important. It is different in many ways to other things I've read - particularly short stories, and even collections. I feel that this collection by Marianne is a significant and important contribution to the field of speculative fiction.
In a market saturated by men and stories through their gaze and of their concerns, this collection is most definitively *not* that. This collection is a series of stories through a female gaze at the world, and if the concerns I traditionally read about from the perspective of male authors are important enough to be considered of concern to everyone, to me, then these stories are important enough to be of concern to everyone, including men, though these are not the stories they will traditionally have read.
Glitter Rose is a collection of rich, moving stories. Each story is specific, unique and beautiful. Each story contributes overall to a narrative that lifts each story into what is almost a novella in the way it reads.
This book is beautifully put together, the artwork and design of the book - including its size, the images that are included. It is a beautiful package that invites you to read it. It invites you to turn each page with care, in a space of quiet and with deliberate intention to read. It is not a book for casual reading, it is intentional.
This is one of the stand out books that I have read. Ever. It is an instant favourite and already I cannot wait to sit quietly, with a pot of tea, and re-read it. Twelfth Planet Press have done an outstanding job of producing a truly sensational book. Marianne as author has shared with us a different style of narrative than we've seen from her before, it is melodic and lyrical, sensuous and almost seems to create a sense of being cocooned from the real world. It is an incredible contrast and one I'm pleased to see - I'm incredibly interested in seeing more of this narrative style from Marianne.
I cannot recommend this collection highly enough. I say this traditionally being a reader who doesn't enjoy short stories. I loved this. It was amazing as a whole package. Buy it. Read it. I sincerely hope you love it as much as I do.
This entry was originally posted at http://transcendancing.dreamwidth.org/789261.html
As a character, Tinashi was real to me. I could see the way she moved and spoke. Her sadness was my sadness. When she walked the shores of Carmine Beach during the glitter rose sunset, I walked with her. Katrin and Lauren as characters were similarly real to me, I really felt part of their world and the stories they had to share.
These are stories that move you, they are important stories in a world of stories. The way they speak, where their concerns are situated, how the story flows is important. It is different in many ways to other things I've read - particularly short stories, and even collections. I feel that this collection by Marianne is a significant and important contribution to the field of speculative fiction.
In a market saturated by men and stories through their gaze and of their concerns, this collection is most definitively *not* that. This collection is a series of stories through a female gaze at the world, and if the concerns I traditionally read about from the perspective of male authors are important enough to be considered of concern to everyone, to me, then these stories are important enough to be of concern to everyone, including men, though these are not the stories they will traditionally have read.
Glitter Rose is a collection of rich, moving stories. Each story is specific, unique and beautiful. Each story contributes overall to a narrative that lifts each story into what is almost a novella in the way it reads.
This book is beautifully put together, the artwork and design of the book - including its size, the images that are included. It is a beautiful package that invites you to read it. It invites you to turn each page with care, in a space of quiet and with deliberate intention to read. It is not a book for casual reading, it is intentional.
This is one of the stand out books that I have read. Ever. It is an instant favourite and already I cannot wait to sit quietly, with a pot of tea, and re-read it. Twelfth Planet Press have done an outstanding job of producing a truly sensational book. Marianne as author has shared with us a different style of narrative than we've seen from her before, it is melodic and lyrical, sensuous and almost seems to create a sense of being cocooned from the real world. It is an incredible contrast and one I'm pleased to see - I'm incredibly interested in seeing more of this narrative style from Marianne.
I cannot recommend this collection highly enough. I say this traditionally being a reader who doesn't enjoy short stories. I loved this. It was amazing as a whole package. Buy it. Read it. I sincerely hope you love it as much as I do.
This entry was originally posted at http://transcendancing.dreamwidth.org/789261.html