She sets the stage that all can recognise for its authenticity, then upon it
\nambushes her audience with the unexpected. Her range is wide, finding its
\nfinest expression in fantasy and suspense where, with nothing forbidden, wit
\nand humour can enjoy free rein. She also treads the realms of dream and
\nnightmare and in addition exhibits a keen edge of satire. She revels in
\nliterary allusion – La Fourche is an ingenious improvisation on the Dr Faustus
\ntheme, while 2084 predicts a chilling Orwellian future. In Liberation!
\nmountains fight against exploitation, turn the tables on mankind, but soon
\nadopt the destructive characteristics of their former oppressors. Sauvy
\nhumanises her often dark plots with sympathetic character sketches, the result
\nof involvement in the cosmopolitan mountain scene of Chamonix for over three
\ndecades. <\/p>\n
These tales – all set around Mont Blanc – add breadth to the growing body of
\nmodern mountaineering fiction by a talented new wave of short-story writers.
\nAlthough several individual stories have appeared in magazines and books
\nFlammes de Pierre is the first collection of Anne Sauvy’s work to appear in
\nEnglish. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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