Gunflower

A Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2023The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of The Animals in That Country.A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.The stories in Gunflower explode and bloom in mesmerising ways, showing the world both as it is and as it could be.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Jean McKay, McKay Laura Jean
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9781915590343
• ISBN: 978-1-915590-34-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Australia, FICTION / Political, Short Stories, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, FICTION / World Literature / Australia, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world