· It’s this great existential dichotomy in all its blissful grandeur and searing pain that Kirsty Logan, who previously gave the luminously beautiful The Gracekeepers, examines in exquisite poetic detail in a series of short story vignettes, linked by the characters of Ruth and Liska, a devoted lesbian couple in Scotland that are awaiting the birth of their child. · Logan’s imagination is vivid and wild, and her prose is delicate and forceful. So when I read on Twitter that there was to be a new collection of connected short stories, I couldn’t help myself, I had to put up my hand and say, “Yes please, I’d like to read those.” A Portable Shelter offers stories told to an unborn child by its parents. While we don’t meet the two narrator-protagonists Liska and Ruth for . It’s a heady mixture of fictionalised memoir, YA fantasy, Angela Carter-esque fable There’s a lot of influences in there but Logan makes them her own.” – Michel Faber “A Portable Shelter is not just a storybook. It is a subtle examination of why and how we tell stories to ourselves and others, stories that reveal and disguise our truths.
Book Review: A Portable Shelter by Kirsty Logan. IN this short story collection, Ruth and Liska retreat to an isolated seaside cottage to await the birth of their child and soothe it with stories. While Ruth's body is a "portable shelter" for the baby, so are the tales, verbal constructions offering escape, wisdom and comfort, fortifying. A Portable Shelter by Kirsty Logan, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. A Portable Shelter: Kirsty Logan: We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. A Portable Shelter Paperback edition by Kirsty Logan. Product Details. Product Specification Author Kirsty Logan ISBN Format Paperback, Publishers Vintage Publishing, Vintage Kirsty Logan is a writer, performer, literary editor, writing mentor and book reviewer. She is the author of a short story collection, The Rental.
A Portable Shelter b y Kirsty Logan — Yael van der Wouden. I’m going to tell you a story, Ruth announces to her unborn baby, one day when her wife, Liska, is at work. It must be done this way, in secret, because Ruth and Liska have made a promise to one another: only truths, no stories for this Coorie, this tiny clam, this fattening mollusc. Hello! I’m Kirsty Logan, a writer of novels and short stories. My books are Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart Other Fairytales. It’s a heady mixture of fictionalised memoir, YA fantasy, Angela Carter-esque fable There’s a lot of influences in there but Logan makes them her own.” – Michel Faber “A Portable Shelter is not just a storybook. It is a subtle examination of why and how we tell stories to ourselves and others, stories that reveal and disguise our truths.
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