Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots
๐ Fiction
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Dark Roots
โ Scribed by Kennedy, Cate
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic;Black Cat
- Year
- 2006;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
"Heartbreakingly detailed . . . vibrant—and vital" prize-winning stories by an Australian contributor to The New Yorker (Entertainment Weekly).
In this "coolly exact . . . sharp, evocative and often poetic" collection of award-winning short fiction, Cate Kennedy daringly travels to the deepest depths of the human psyche to explore the collision between simmering inner lives, the cold outside world, and the hidden motivations that propel us all to act (The New York Times Book Review).
Kennedy captures entire lives, expertly documenting the risks and compromises made in both forging and escaping relationships. Her "17 standout stories" are populated by people on the brink: whether it's a woman floundering with her own loss and emotional immobility as her lover lies in a coma; a neglected wife who cannot convince her husband of the truth about his two brutish, shamelessly libidinous friends; or a married...
โฆ Subjects
Fiction;Australia -- Fiction;Australia
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