In Eternal Force, Kerry Conway explores the varied and powerful relationships that people forge with others, especially the abiding or fractured commitments that grow out of love and desire. These stories probe the value of loving, the opportunities it offers and the reasons why it matters so deeply to us. The settings are various, too, ranging from rural Victoria—the Mallee, the Goldfields, the Western District—to Melbourne and beyond, including India and Taiwan. In prose that is spare and elegant, but also at times beautifully lyrical and moving, Conway writes of a world we find both intimate in its interiority and fraught with the perils of emotional distance.
