{"product_id":"9781923106277","title":"Fiction","description":"Author: Antigone Kefala\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923106277\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 382\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the late Antigone Kefala was one of the first writers to open Australian fiction to a diversity of voices. She is known for her nuanced and evocative prose style, which portrays the full gamut of the immigrant experience, the fleeing from war, the resettlement in foreign countries, the difficult negotiation of personal relationships, the hauntings of memory and dream. This collection brings together Kefala's three early novellas \u003ci\u003eThe First Journey, The Boarding House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Island\u003c\/i\u003e, which have long been out of print, and her three later novellas, published together as\u003ci\u003e Summer Visit\u003c\/i\u003e by Giramondo in 2022. It also includes her childhood fable \u003ci\u003eAlexia: A Tale of Two Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e and ten short stories, previously only published in literary magazines, dating back to the beginnings of her career at the end of the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867068977310,"sku":"ADS-9781923106277","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923106277.jpg?v=1779429231","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923106277","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}