David Helwig
1) Saltsea
Author
Language
English
Description
"Birdsong, wind: here by the ocean every noise was surrounded by silence that reached all the way to the stars. Monica studied the white shingled building above the slope of green lawn, deep bays rising two storeys on each side of the front door and the windowed porch. You felt the big rambling construction must have a memory, old thoughts. Listen, I am the voice of what once was. I am as real as the beating of your hungry heart. A flash of sun blinded...
2) The Stand-In
Author
Language
English
Description
Helwig's narrator is a retired academic called to a remote university to deliver a series of lectures in place of an old friend recently deceased in unusual circumstances. The Stand-In is a simple transcript of these lectures-Helwig's readers must reconstruct this sophisticated tale of art, fame, and adultery through rambling anecdotes and flashes of critical tub-thumping.