Rothko's Red

by Sue Hubbard

Rothko's Red is a collection of ten stories, subtly linked by painting and art, about the lives of their hopes, fears, failures and challenges. They reveal the choices and destinies of characters from various backgrounds, embracing the harsh realities of desire, loss and ageing.

Genres: Short Stories

149 pages, Hardcover

First published September 8, 2008

About the author

Sue Hubbard is a freelance art critic, novelist and poet. Twice winner of the London Writers competition she was the Poetry Society’s first-ever Public Art Poet. She was also commissioned by the Arts Council and the BFI to create London’s biggest art poem that leads from Waterloo to the IMAX. Her latest collection Ghost Station was published by Salt Publishing in 2004. Depth of Field, her first novel, was published in 2000. John Berger called it a “remarkable first novel.” Sue is a regular contributor to The Independent and The New Statesman where she writes on contemporary art. In 2006 she was awarded a major Arts Council Literary Award.

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

`I wanted to gulp this down like cold water or fresh air and at the same time savour each story. Hubbard's collection speaks to all the different facets of me, throughout each of the different periods in my life. Truly, truly a must read.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A richness of breathtakingly resonant tales, tingling with small, unfamiliar descriptions of familiar things - scrotums, for example - which simultaneously shock and delight in their perfection. Totally delightful.

[Moinak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Going by the title it's an irresistible pick for anyone who knows who Rothko was & has certain inclination towards art. Every story in the book kind of centrifuges around a painting, that's the title of the story, building a collage of characters in each. NO, they don't describe the paintings, necessarily. Reason behind my 3/5 rating is the stories however didn't enthrall me enough as would have the paintings.

[sisterimapoet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like a short story collected tied together by a theme. And this one worked. Some stories stronger than others, but all had a point and made it well.