The Man in the Shed: Selected Stories
Author: Jones, Lloyd
ISBN: 9781921520662
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 266
Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman.
A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover.
A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted.
A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates.
Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shed is a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilt them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal.
ISBN: 9781921520662
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 266
Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman.
A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover.
A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted.
A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates.
Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shed is a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilt them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal.
