by David Malouf (Author)
A young man going off to war tries to make sense of his place in the world he is leaving; a composer's life plays itself out as a complex domestic cantata; an accident on a hunting trip speaks volumes, which its inarticulate victim never could; and a down-to-earth woman stubbornly tries to keep her feet on the ground at Ayers Rock. Malouf's men and women are together but curiously alone, looking for something they seem to have missed, or missed out on, in life. Powerfully rooted in the heat and the dust of the vast Australian continent, this is a heartbreakingly beautiful and richly satisfying collection by a master storyteller, one of the great writers of our time.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 0099502585
ISBN 13: 9780099502586
Book Overview: A brilliant collection by a great international writer - Malouf's range is dazzling and his canvas is the vast Australian continent, with unsettling glimpses of a world beyond.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Australian Short Story Collection- Arts Queensland Steele Rudd 2007.