Clouds

The two men got out. They seemed to bounce as they crossed the tarmac road. She glanced at them and tried to swallow the lump now obstructing her throat.A few rapid dives into the intricacies and absurdities of life: from the difficult renewal of an interrupted friendship to the flaring-up of senseless violence; from the enchantment of dreams to the torments of old age; from a whiff of the secret pleasures of a Sicilian summer evening to the ambiguity of a young woman's feelings and situation... At times ironic at others dangerously sad or stirringly positive these short stories won't fail to bemuse and intrigue you.