Publisher: Kraft Books Limited
Authors: Halima Aliyu
Publish Year: 2015
ISBN10: 9789789182480
Halima Aliyu’s ‘Fire on the Tip of Ice’ is a collection of short-short stories that present portraiture of human hunt for existential gratification.In Aliyu’s stories we encounter a recount of us, our desires for love, peace, happiness, sexual pleasure, and above all the search for purpose and meaning. The story shows us that strength is found even in meekness and that every evil act has its last day. The manifestation of Richard’s action is nicely done especially because one does not expect Richard to be that clever in finding out the identities of his rapists. It is encouraging that Aliyu wrote this unique story, a deviation from her overtly feministic inclination. The themes in ‘Take a step’ and ‘Soiled’ are refreshingly intriguing as they mark the crux of Aliyu’s narrative ingenuity. The elements of storytelling are most prominent and more effectively employed in these stories.