{"product_id":"9781922585943","title":"Gunflower","description":"Author: McKay, Laura Jean \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922585943 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 207mm x 136mm x 19mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Animals in That Country\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eGunflower\u003c\/i\u003e explode and bloom in mesmerising ways, showing the world both as it is and as it could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Startling, beautiful, and dangerous. McKay is the brightest of talents. We're lucky to have her.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Robbie Arnott, author of \u003ci\u003eLimberlost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Amidst a pile of shed skin and fur, McKay moulds a kaleidoscopic and horrifyingly real portrait of life at the fringes. By turns gritty, surreal, and absurd, \u003ci\u003eGunflower\u003c\/i\u003e isn't afraid to weigh flesh on the scales of our own judgments, a delicate balancing act between life and death, connection and disconnection. Perhaps part Kelly Link and Ottessa Moshfegh, McKay delivers an assured follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Animals in That Country\u003c\/i\u003e in her own singular voice that zeroes in on our anxieties and existential crises with deft and often poetic flair.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Sequoia Nagamatsu, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow High We Go in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003eGunflower\u003c\/i\u003e is like a swarm of small earthquakes- nothing is steady anymore, and the world feels bigger, scarier, almost transcendent in its strangeness.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Miles Allinson, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667953967262,"sku":"UBD-9781922585943","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922585943.jpg?v=1751333905","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922585943","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}