Author:Melanie Wallace
'I will not live amongst you' are the only words Abigail Buwell will speak when she arrives at Fort 2881. She has been taken from her life among the savages and returned against her will to 'civilisation' - the last military outpost on the hellish frontier's edge in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Alone and heavily pregnant, she is watched day and night by her beloved blue roan horse.
Major Cutter, the commander into whose hands Abigail is delivered, is crushed by the war and its aftermath and haunted by the ghost of a boy from his past. As the fort descends into madness and chaos, and Abigail's resistance to redemption continues, Cutter's fate and that of his silent charge are bound together.
An exquisitely imagined novel of memory and desire, beautifully achieved, as tense as it is elegaic. This is a book that keeps faith with the landscape in which it is set, its vast spaces, great silences and strangeness
—— Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the SeaShe reminds the reader of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy... visionary and extraordinary... This heartfelt novel leaves a deep and singular impression... the book's language is rich, discriminating and unconstrained
—— Hilary Mantel , GuardianA captivating novel that looks deeply at memory and place... Blue Horse Dreaming is profound. It explores deep human emotions and the impact history has on everyday life
—— Aesthetica'Remarkable and utterly original ... Time and again, Wallace finds the one right word to lift an otherwise ordinary sentence into art'
—— New York Times Book ReviewAn intriguing trilogy of exquisitely sketched stories... Elegant, intelligent, quietly disturbing
—— Financial TimesOriginal, elegant, very disturbing... on the edge of the unspeakable
—— Hilary MantelA welcome introduction to an author whose suggestive, unsettling storytelling speaks volumes by leaving things unsaid
—— IndependentHard not to finish in one go, Yoko Ogawa's stories are perfect for spooky bedtime reading - and not-so-sweet dreams
—— Big IssuePolished, original and strange. She reveals humour, menace, and humanity in a quietly explosive book
—— Irish TimesHer combination of the strange with the visceral elegantly conveys silent inner worlds of misery and pain
—— MetroOgawa is original, elegant, very disturbing. I admire any writer who dares to work on this uneasy territory - we're on the edge of the unspeakable. The stories seem to penetrate right to the heart of the world, and find it a cold and eerie place. Her spare technique is very skilled. Every word is put to work. She sets up a small vibration, a disturbance, which begins quietly and generates wider and wider ripples of unease. There are no narrative tricks, but the stories generate a surprising amount of tension. You feel as if you've touched an icy hand
—— Hilary Mantel, author of Beyond BlackOgawa's tales possess a gnawing, erotic edge
—— Publishers WeeklyYoko Ogawa is able to give expression to the most subtle workings of human psychology in prose that is gentle yet penetrating.
—— Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Prize Winning author of A Personal MatterEach well narrated and haunting novella, about love, obsession and dark humour, has an unpredictable twist of viciousness coupled with compassion
—— The Hindu
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