State of Longing
State of Longing by Isis Wilson, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on January 10, 2013, is a contemporary fiction work that explores the complexities of love and creativity. The narrative follows Millie, a Serbian immigrant in London, who grapples with her grief while striving for artistic success. Alongside her are Matthew, a middle-aged academic entangled in an affair as he confronts his depression, Tom, a rock star in search of genuine connection, and Sarah, Matthew’s pragmatic wife who accepts the emptiness within.
Readers will find a character-driven exploration of the search for meaning and fulfillment, as the characters navigate their desires for love, creativity, and understanding of mortality. Music plays a significant role throughout the story, influencing the characters’ journeys and echoing the novel’s themes. This edition spans 196 pages and is presented in English, offering a deep dive into the emotional landscapes of its characters and the intricate interplay between their aspirations and realities.
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Is fame bad for your love life and can love really be bad for your health? What if art is the only thing that makes sense in your life, but you are creatively impotent? Confronted with these questions are Millie, a Serbian immigrant living in London who thinks she can cheat pain and ignore her buried grief if she works hard enough; Matthew, a middle-aged academic obsessed with death who’s trying to escape his depression by starting an affair; Tom, a reluctant rock star looking for love; and Sarah, Matthew’s no-nonsense wife who believes that some holes in the soul are just destined to stay empty. ‘State of Longing’ is a character-driven story about the search for meaning and fulfilment and about the desires that redefine our ideas of who we are, whether the objects of those desires are love, creativity or death. It is also a story about music, which shadows the characters and inspires their decisions, seeping into rhythms of the novel, its mirroring themes and oneiric refrains.
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