Travelling in the Dark

Reviews / Votes

'A tour de force of imagery and emotion' -Clio Gray, author of The Anatomist's Dream

'Is this a story about love? In part it is: love and the absence of love. The love that should be there but isn't, the love you go in quest of and the love that travels with you, half-unnoticed' -Felicity Notley, editor of Cornish Short Stories: A Collection of Cornish Contemporary Writing

'This is a clever, sensitive and deserving book. The journey leaves us, not with the expected finish but, instead, a master stroke' -Candy Neubert, poet

'Atmospheric and resonant, simply and beautifully told' -Rupert Wallis, author of The Dark Inside and All Sorts of Possible

'A thought-provoking tale about a mother being forced to confront her past with a view to preserving her beloved son's future' --The Big Issue

'Emma Timpany's Travelling in the Dark weaves a tale of homecoming that will resonate with many, and particularly with those who may have left painful memories of their homeland behind to put down roots elsewhere [...] The New Zealand landscape is incredibly vivid through Timpany's writing' -NZ News UK

'an intense rumination on the nature of time and memory [...] a stellar achievement' -Literature Works

'Evocative, compelling and crafted with a truly deft touch [...] Wild and beautiful in its vista but restrained, sensitive and oh so clever in its delivery, prepare to be fully immersed, your senses steadily saturated until you turn the last page and realise that Emma's skill as a storyteller has left you gasping for air' -Stranger Collective