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	Fritz Agency Christian Dittus
Original language
English

STORIES

Helen Garner

The Collected Short Fiction

This handsome hardback edition of Helen Garner's collected short fiction celebrates the seventy-fifth birthday of one of Australia's most loved authors. These storiesthat delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of lifeare 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 WindhamCampbell Prize for non-fiction and the Western Australian Premier's Book Award. Her most recent book, Everywhere I Look won the 2017 Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction.

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Book Published 2017-11-01 by Text Publishing

Comments

Garner is a natural storyteller.

A perfect introduction for first-timers who have not yet experienced the pleasures of Garner's writing.

Garner's stories share characteristics of the postcard ... like postcards they are economically written, a bit of conversation is transcribed, a memory recalled, an event noted, scenes pass as if viewed from a trainmomentarily, distinct and tantalising in their beauty.