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From one of Australia's greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller's journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligent meditation on the life of the novelist and the culture of contemporary Australia. Personal and intimate as many of these pieces are, this collection forms a kind of assured autobiography, of the sort that only Alex Miller could write.
Alex Miller's stories are told with a rare level of wisdom and profundity, engaging the intellect and the emotions simultaneously. Stories are, after all, in his blood.
About the author
ALEX MILLER ist einer der bekanntesten australischen Schriftsteller. Er wurde 1936 in England geboren und emigrierte als Jugendlicher nach Australien, wo er später Literaturwissenschaft und Geschichte studierte. Seine Werke wurden mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter zweimal der renommierte Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Summary
From one of Australia's greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller's journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligent meditation on the life of the novelist and the culture of contemporary Australia. Personal and intimate as many of these pieces are, this collection forms a kind of assured autobiography, of the sort that only Alex Miller could write.
Alex Miller's stories are told with a rare level of wisdom and profundity, engaging the intellect and the emotions simultaneously. Stories are, after all, in his blood.
Foreword
A selection of short pieces - both fiction and non-fiction - from one of Australia's greatest literary treasures.
Report
This smorgasbord of fiction and essays is well worth diving into. Irish Times
