![]() ![]() The rental of such hearts is an act of self-preservation, but Logan paints a layer of sadness over the cynicism. ![]() In ‘The Rental Heart’, an unnamed, sexually-ambiguous narrator replaces his/her own heart with clockwork versions following a broken love affair. The collection begins with the title-story, and is a real belter. This is a collection of fairy-like tales to shock and intrigue. And yet the bruising power of Logan’s prose is immediately apparent, regardless of the length of the story. What first struck me – besides the searing quality of Logan’s writing – was the brevity of some stories in this collection: some are only a couple of pages long, the longest only sixteen pages. I approached The Rental Heart with a great deal of interest – published by Salt, Kirsty Logan’s debut collection was a recent recipient of the Saboteur Award for the Best Short Story Collection 2014, and has received high praise from various quarters, including the broadsheets and across social media. ![]()
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