The Best Australian Stories 2015

✍ Scribed by Lohrey, Amanda (editor)

• Book ID: 109139551
• Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 347 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781863957786

✦ Synopsis

'Some readers are drawn to the promise inherent in a novel, and it's true that the longer form can offer a slow and seductive immersion, but the short story offers pleasure of another kind - the quick fix, a shot of adrenaline to the mind and heart.'--Amanda Lohrey
In The Best Australian Stories 2015 , Amanda Lohrey, winner of the Patrick White Award and author of the acclaimed novel A Short History of Richard Kline , curates twenty pieces of exceptional short fiction.
In this wide-ranging collection, there are stories that will surprise, unsettle and beguile readers. Familiar subjects are examined from new perspectives: a teenage girl sneaks into a famous film director's study and steals his diaries; the life of Picasso is reimagined in miniature vignettes. And new life is breathed into the most universal of experiences: birth, death, love and loss. The mother of a girl with hearing difficulties watches her child grow into increasing...