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‘The moon was swallowed up in a faceless rush of cloud, the cold increasing. If he did not reach the top he had failed, he did not love her. The top of the mountain was to be his turning point. When he reached that he would turn back for home and for Helen. But would he reach the top?’
Grant, an expat New Zealander, is wandering through Guatemala when he meets Suloski, a Jewish-American painter. Across Lake Atitlan, where he has watched a young German woman swim naked, lies a conical mountain. He agrees to climb it with Suloski, together with Birgot, who regards Grant as an intruder, and Juan, a quasi-mystical Spaniard who has written a book on UFOs. Will Birgot’s attitude change? Juan offers peyote as their food and water run out. Grant thinks of Helen, his partner back in Auckland. Is their love intact? A jaguar is after his heart and the guerrillas are after his boots. Can he survive the volcano?
‘Vintage Morrissey ; muscular, tense, sexy, scary. The dialogue is – as ever – brilliant. It’s a very good story, well told. The ending is terrific.’ – Bernard Brown
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Michael Morrissey lives and writes in Auckland and teaches short story writing. He was the first writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbury in 1979 and the first New Zealander on the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 1985. Author of over eighty short stories he has published nine books of poetry and edited two important anthologies: The New Fiction, 1985, and The Flamingo Anthology of New Zealand Short Stories, 2000. Heart of the Volcano is his fourth book of fiction.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 92 pages. ?The moon was swallowed up in a faceless rush of cloud, the cold increasing. If he did not reach the top he had failed, he did not love her. The top of the m ountain was to be his turning point. When he reached that he would turn back for home and for Helen. But would he reach the top??Ç' Grant, an expat New Zea lander, is wandering through Guatemala when he meets Suloski, a Jewish-American painter. Across Lake Atitlan, where he has watched a young German woman swim nak ed, lies a conical mountain. He agrees to climb it with Suloski, together with B irgot, who regards Grant as an intruder, and Juan, a quasi-mystical Spaniard who has written a book on UFOs. Will Birgot?Ç's attitude change? Juan offers pey ote as their food and water run out. Grant thinks of Helen, his partner back in Auckland. Is their love intact? A jaguar is after his heart and the guerrillas a re after his boots. Can he survive the volcano? ?Vintage Morrissey ; muscular, tense, sexy, scary. The dialogue is ? as ever ? brilliant. It?Ç's a very goo d story, well told. The ending is terrific.?Ç' ? Bernard Brown Editorial Rev iews About the Author Michael Morrissey lives and writes in Auckland and teache s short story writing. He was the first writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbury in 1979 and the first New Zealander on the International Writing Pro gram at the University of Iowa in 1985. Author of over eighty short stories he h as published nine books of poetry and edited two important anthologies: The New Fiction, 1985, and The Flamingo Anthology of New Zealand Short Stories, 2000. He art of the Volcano is his fourth book of fiction. Seller Inventory # 971n
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