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I picked this book up in a terribly disappointing bookshop in Malta, as only few of many in English I had little but no choice to purchase this one or a crime Fiction. However this book surprised me, each short story is weird and wonderful, but if I was to criticise the endings are somewhat dead and sudden.
Short stories, some of them interesting. But I am not a big fan of this type of books without a real sequence.
Lots of books have the title, Fidelity. Michael Redhill takes a broader perspective on what that word actually means. It involves frogs, sex tapes, scientific fact, roadkill, and vasectomies. Some stories show that even thinking about being with someone other than your spouse is an act of infidelity--not an uncontrollable dream, but an actual plan even if the plan isn't fully developed and is for some time in the distant future. Some stories show that divorce is not the end of love, no matter th...
good stories...loss with no redemption...a reminder that we can and do damage people whom we have loved. Canadians...there is something I find calming in an otherworldly way about Canadian fiction. Makes me want to read similarly themed (and slightly more humorous)short stories of Alice Munro
10 stories about, in many ways, the exact opposite of the title. Damaged people trying not to break their fidelity to themselves and ending up hurting those they should be faithful to. The fickle nature of love, the selfish nature of humanity. Often devestating and fragile, but rarely perfect. A solid three.
Yes, he writes about real life in a real way, but his characters are loathsome, shallow, unaware human beings that I don't want to encounter either on the page or in real life. Good writing, but who cares?
Fidelity is something that I think about often, so I enjoyed reading these stories, and seeing how the author fleshed it out in different ways.
I read about half of the stories and only one of them felt accessible in that it did not require too much thinking as to what the point of the story might be.
The collection of short stories is loosely tied together by the thread of marriage, children and love. The stories are set in a variety of spots known to Redhill includng Mount Morris NY (caveat Redhill does not think highly of our local town) to European trains and apartments. Redhill is a gifted writer and deftly exposes the emotions hidden beneath everyday life.
This is a collection of short stories about human nature, and all of its failings and foibles. The illustration on the cover is a great, deceptively simple illustration of what happens when we betray another's trust.
I wasn't really into this book, had to force myself to complete it. I was intrigued by the title, but disappointed with the outcome.
Wonderful short stories that I will treasure forever. ok, I really like them.
