Three Sisters
(2014)(A book in the Electric Literature's Recommended Reading series)
A Novella by Maria Takolander
"Taken from Takolander's sensational debut collection, The Double (Text, 2013), and published for the first time in the USA in issue four of Stonecutter, "Three Sisters" brings us into the decaying, swampy environs of an unnamed rural Australian roadhouse. There reside immigrant sisters Oksana, Svetlana, and Tatiana, who silently yet steadily eke out their days amidst the marshlands. The tedium of their daily lives is barely interrupted by the characters who invade their surroundings - an obese, clownish truck driver, and an old, fragile, foreigner; Lear and his fool. A singular piece of contemporary fiction, Maria Takolander's stunning Chekhov-inspired story, "Three Sisters" is the perfect introduction to an incredible new international writer."
About the Author:
Maria Takolander is a prize-winning Australian short-story writer and the author of The Double (and Other Stories). She is also the author of three books of poetry, The End of the World, Ghostly Subjects, and Narcissism. Her poems have appeared annually in The Best Australian Poems or The Best Australian Poetry since 2005. She teaches at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.
About the Guest Editor:
Stonecutter is an annual print journal of art and literature with a focus on translation, international work in English, and contemporary American work. Founded in 2010 by Katie Raissian, along with editors Ava Lehrer, Zara Katz, Anna Della Subin, and Kayley Hoffman, Stonecutter provides a space for words, ideas, and images to circulate between US-based and international writers and artists, in the hopes that surprising connections between imaginations and geographies will form.
About Electric Literature:
Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter (where you can win weekly prizes), Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.
"Three Sisters" appears in Stonecutter Issue Four, and The Double (and Other Stories) by Maria Takolander, Text Publishing, US $15.95/CND $17.50, released December 22, 2014. "Three Sisters" Copyright Maria Takolander 2014.
Genre: Literary Fiction
About the Author:
Maria Takolander is a prize-winning Australian short-story writer and the author of The Double (and Other Stories). She is also the author of three books of poetry, The End of the World, Ghostly Subjects, and Narcissism. Her poems have appeared annually in The Best Australian Poems or The Best Australian Poetry since 2005. She teaches at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.
About the Guest Editor:
Stonecutter is an annual print journal of art and literature with a focus on translation, international work in English, and contemporary American work. Founded in 2010 by Katie Raissian, along with editors Ava Lehrer, Zara Katz, Anna Della Subin, and Kayley Hoffman, Stonecutter provides a space for words, ideas, and images to circulate between US-based and international writers and artists, in the hopes that surprising connections between imaginations and geographies will form.
About Electric Literature:
Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter (where you can win weekly prizes), Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.
"Three Sisters" appears in Stonecutter Issue Four, and The Double (and Other Stories) by Maria Takolander, Text Publishing, US $15.95/CND $17.50, released December 22, 2014. "Three Sisters" Copyright Maria Takolander 2014.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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