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The Temperature of Water
Rippling success
Linda Niccol is making a splash with her new short story collection – The Temperature of Water. Launched at Thorndon Pool, this is Linda’s second book of tantalising short stories to accompany Geometry of Desire, her first short story collection.
A successful collaboration between Mission Hall (production), Alistair Lang (cover design) and publisher, Silver Owl Press, The Temperature of Water is sure to make waves in bookstores near you.
“…I think this is CK Stead’s literary god-daughter. One of the things I like about Linda’s writing is you are propelled forward – there’s always tension in her writing.” David McGill, Silver Owl Press
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The Geometry of Desire
Love can come at you from all sorts of angles…
“The title story is short and exquisite. It is about one of those relationships that exclude the rest of the world and both of the partners feel that the other one is perfect. To her credit, Niccol does not kill off these fantasy characters when she has the chance and leaves us to believe that this kind of love affair is possible.” Sophie Fern, Otago Daily Times, 17 December 2005
“They’re fearless stories too. Niccol takes risks with style, allusion and structure, and mostly it works. There’s a rueful, razory humour: meet Brian the regressive number-plate collector; Ollie and Claudia the city sophisticates out of their depth with a possum.” David Hill, Listener 18 February 2006
“Anyone reading the title of this book and looking for something a bit sexy will be disappointed. But they shouldn’t be. The Geometry of Desire is a collection of short stories about relationships and is at times poignantly and exquisitely tender. At other times Linda Niccol is clever and funny. Through her stories I think Niccol is exploring the meaning of love and incredibly enough she, through her well thought out and very ‘normal’ characters, actually comes up with some answers.” Mayor Bob Harvey, Waitakere City Council website, 13 April 2006
