The word `scission' is derived from the Latin word `scissus', which means to cut or split. The three-dimensional item that comes to mind here is a pair of scissors. In Tim Winton's book Scission, the collection of short stories reinforce to the reader the ugliness and cruelty of fragmentation and disintegration of human lives and relationships, often to an unrepairable state. Of course, this is to say the very least, even as a brief overview of the book. Here, the use of a pair of scissors is taken to a personal and emotional magnitude.

When seeing a book for the first time, people often take a swift glance at the cover before delving into the book itself. No matter how swift the glance on the title of Scission, the reader would instantly become immersed in thoughts of fragmentation and disintegration, as the word suggests. It is confirmed to...