โ Scribed by Jennifer Mills
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Displaying a confident diversity of narrative voices and brevity in style, this collection of short stories reflects the author's experiences in Central Australia, China, Mexico, and Russia. In "The Wind and Other Children," a girl searches for her lost grandmother while her parents quarrel at home; a man contemplates inertia after toxic contamination changes life in a remote Australian town in "Extra Time;" and "The Air You Need" finds a woman imagining a mother's love for her autistic son. An exploration of the human being, this compilation weaves themes of longing, alienation, delusion, resilience, and love. Sometimes dreamy and hypnotic, sometimes comic and wry, these stories leave their mark.
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Look down with me -- The wind and other children --Aperture -- The jungle will swallow anything --Roadhouse -- Crow season -- The milk in the sky -- The capital of missing persons -- Demolition -- Reason -- The lap -- Plain Indians -- Hello, Satan -- The shipping views -- A selfish prayer -- Mice --
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