The Silver Wind: Four Stories of Time Disrupted (Paperback) - Softcover

Allan, Nina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908125055 ISBN 13: 9781908125057

Publisher: Eibonvale Press, 2011

Synopsis

Martin Newland is fascinated by the nature of time. Watches and clocks are for him metaphorical time machines, a secret means of coming to terms with his clouded past and voyaging forward into the future. But was his first timepiece a Smith, given to him on his fourteenth birthday, or the Longines he received as a present four years later? Was it the small brass travelling clock unearthed in a run-down house for which he is to act as estate agent? Who is the maker of these time machines? Clues abound but contradict each other: was it an ex-seaside circus performer, or a 'miracle dwarf' engaged in a government project to subvert the course of time into parallel realities? As Martin pursues these mysteries, is he haunted by the spirit of his dead brother, or by the death of his beloved sister? The answer to all these questions is yes. A complication is the description a watch-maker gives to any extra feature added to a clock or watch that goes beyond the simple display of time, and The Silver Wind is a book of complications. Nina Allan has constructed a remarkable and original narrative in which five separate segments of story interlock and interweave like the perfectly honed cogs of a watch mechanism. Time, memory, love, hope and regret all complicate Martin's quest for the truth. In the implied spaces and overlaps between these five moments in time the reader is granted a mysteriously enriching vision of the everyday world.

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About the Author

Nina Allan has been the recipient of the British Science Fiction Award, the Liverpool John Moores Novella Award, and the Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire. Her short fiction has appeared in many venues including "Best Horror of the Year #6", "The Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction 2014" and "The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women". Her debut novel "The Race" was shortlisted for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle. She lives and works in North Devon, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eibonvale Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908125055
• ISBN 13: 9781908125057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154