The High Places: Stories

ôTHERE IS IN THESE TALES A RECURRENT æFEELING OF QUEASY ANTICIPATION,Æ AS ONE OF MCFARLANEÆS CHARACTERS OBSERVES, æAS IF SOME TERRIBLE THING MIGHT HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT.Æ . . . ITÆS A MOOD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH FLANNERY OÆCONNOR, EVIDENTLY ONE OF MCFARLANEÆS INFLUENCES, AS WELL AS PATRICIA HIGHSMITH.öùTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (EDITORSÆ CHOICE) Ranging from Australia to Greece, England to a Pacific island, the stories in Fiona McFarlaneÆs story collection The High Places journey across continents, eras, and genres, charting the pivotal moments of peopleÆs lives. In ôMycenae,ö a middle-aged couple embarks on a disastrous vacation in the company of old friends. In ôGood News for Modern Man,ö a scientist conducts research on a small, remote island, where he is haunted by a colossal squid and the ghost of Charles Darwin. And in the title story, an Australian farmer turns to Old Testament methods to relieve a fatal drought. All are confronted with events that make them see themselves and their lives from a fresh perspectiveùand what they do as a result is as unpredictable as life itself.

• | Author: Fiona McFarlane
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: May 09, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1250131855
• | ISBN-13: 9781250131850