Stories: the collected short fiction
β Scribed by Helen Garner
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Year
- 2017;2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
'Garner is a natural storyteller.' James Wood,New Yorker
This new edition of Helen Garner's collected short fiction celebrates the seventy-fifth birthday of one of Australia's most loved authors.These storiesβthat delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of lifeβare all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they showcase Garner's mastery of the form.
Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious WindhamβCampbell Literature Prize for non-fiction. Garner won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Fiction for Postcards from Surfers , and the Victorian and Queensland Premiers' Awards, as well as the Barbara Jefferis Award, for her novel The Spare Room. Everywhere I Look won the 2017 Indie...
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