Just two copies left! Ever. This is a much underrated book of blisteringly good short stories. Dermot's mountaineering heritage was groundbreaking but his writing has transcended that. Simply superb. Well worthy of the numerous awards and accolades it has received. One of the authors we do wish had written more.
‘No one will die in this story. That is a promise, as if I controlled events, pen slicing and splicing ropes at will.’
Dermot Somers’ short stories have attracted international acclaim. His collection At the Rising of the Moon won the Boardman Tasker prize and was awarded the Banff Mountain Book Festival’s Literature and Culture Prize. Collected Short Stories brings together 23 of Somers' tales.
Somers is recognised as one of the finest and most original writers in the mountaineering and travel milieu. He has travelled widely and is an accomplished climber. Though rooted in his native Irish culture, his experiences in the Alps and the Himalaya work their way into his literature, along with themes of legend and myth, the undercurrent of politics and religion and the under pinner of adult life and relationships.
Whilst mountains act as a central metaphor for many of his stories, Somers is equally concerned with their effect on the dynamics of human relationships. His narratives draw on the energy from both, the energy that crams a lifetime of sensation into seconds of experience and which makes his stories so compelling.
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