'The art of the story is mostly about the journey, and the economy of means with which the writers here carry us a great distance is at times breathtaking.' - Amanda Lohrey
In The Best Australian Stories 2014, Patrick White Award - winning author Amanda Lohrey selects the outstanding short fiction of the year. Sometimes fantastical, sometimes raw, and always a 'shot of adrenaline to the mind and heart', this collection features exciting new voices alongside the established and admired.
The edges of reality blur in a corporate lawyer's tale of working in a 1200-storey glass tower. A prized coffee table becomes the focus of a father's anxieties and frustrations. Tense and fractured lines of communication shape the life of an interpreter on Christmas Island. Imaginative, remarkable, intimate - this unmissable anthology celebrates the art of consummate storytelling.
Julienne Van Loon . Shaun Prescott . Lucy Neave . Anthony Panegyres . Nicola Redhouse . Edwina Shaw . Claire Corbett . Fiona Place . Kate Elkington . Arabella Edge . Claire Aman . Angela Meyer . J.Y.L. Koh . Rebekah Clarkson . Ryan O'Neill . Mark Smith . Anna Krien . David Brooks . Leah Swann . Kirsten Tranter . Lisa Jacobson . Melanie Joosten
'[This collection], edited by respected writer Amanda Lohrey, shows that the form is not only alive but kicking, and kicking hard' - Spectator
'A delight ... all [stories] are well-crafted and encompass a great deal with succinct economy' - Westerly
Amanda Lohrey is the author of the acclaimed novels Camille's Bread, Vertigo and The Morality of Gentlemen, as well as the award-winning short story collection Reading Madame Bovary. She has also written two Quarterly Essays: Groundswell and Voting for Jesus. In 2012 she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award.
Genre: Science Fiction
In The Best Australian Stories 2014, Patrick White Award - winning author Amanda Lohrey selects the outstanding short fiction of the year. Sometimes fantastical, sometimes raw, and always a 'shot of adrenaline to the mind and heart', this collection features exciting new voices alongside the established and admired.
The edges of reality blur in a corporate lawyer's tale of working in a 1200-storey glass tower. A prized coffee table becomes the focus of a father's anxieties and frustrations. Tense and fractured lines of communication shape the life of an interpreter on Christmas Island. Imaginative, remarkable, intimate - this unmissable anthology celebrates the art of consummate storytelling.
Julienne Van Loon . Shaun Prescott . Lucy Neave . Anthony Panegyres . Nicola Redhouse . Edwina Shaw . Claire Corbett . Fiona Place . Kate Elkington . Arabella Edge . Claire Aman . Angela Meyer . J.Y.L. Koh . Rebekah Clarkson . Ryan O'Neill . Mark Smith . Anna Krien . David Brooks . Leah Swann . Kirsten Tranter . Lisa Jacobson . Melanie Joosten
'[This collection], edited by respected writer Amanda Lohrey, shows that the form is not only alive but kicking, and kicking hard' - Spectator
'A delight ... all [stories] are well-crafted and encompass a great deal with succinct economy' - Westerly
Amanda Lohrey is the author of the acclaimed novels Camille's Bread, Vertigo and The Morality of Gentlemen, as well as the award-winning short story collection Reading Madame Bovary. She has also written two Quarterly Essays: Groundswell and Voting for Jesus. In 2012 she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award.
Genre: Science Fiction
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