The Therapist

Category: Fairlight Moderns

The Therapist

‘I dreamt we were at sea,’ she says.

In this bittersweet and hauntingly surreal tale, a couple finds the distance between them mirrored in a strange epidemic sweeping the globe. Little by little, each victim becomes transparent, their heart beating behind a visible rib cage, an intricate network of nerves left hanging in mid-air. Finally, the victims disappear entirely, never to be seen again.

As the nation debates where their missing loved ones might be, and as people begin to panic and flee the spread of the disease, the couple decide to remain at home. Something is keeping them there: something that, when revealed, will haunt the reader forever.

Paperback

Published: 01/08/2019

ISBN: 9781912054909

Length: 176pp

Price: £7.99

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‘If the population of the world had vanished while I was reading Nial Giacomelli’s beautifully observed novella, I’m not sure I would have noticed. It’s that good’ —Christopher Stanley, author of The Forest is Hungry

‘This is a story about grief and loss, but also about how the social fabric of our world shapes our most personal limits. The narrative drive is perfectly pitched, conveying an urgency that carries us irresistibly along while at the same time fearlessly confronting and challenging us’ —Dr Meredith Miller, literary critic and author of Little Wrecks