Contains twelve stories which are variations on a theme of longing theunassuagable human need for contact for completion for that most fugitivegift of all reci... » 

Contains twelve stories which are variations on a theme of longing theunassuagable human need for contact for completion for that most fugitivegift of all reciprocal love. This works characters lives are thwarteddashed impassioned each in their own way immolated by hope. «