{"product_id":"9781925336641","title":"Gerald Murnane: Collected Short Fiction","description":"Author: Gerald Murnane\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336641\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDefinitive collection of the short fiction of an Australian master-storyteller who is in a league of his own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased simultaneously with Farrar Straus Giroux\u0026amp;#x27;s editions of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e in New York, an event which is likely to get international media attention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together Gerald Murnane\u0026amp;#x27;s shorter works of fiction, most of which have been out of print for the past twenty five years. They include such masterpieces as \u0026amp;#x27;When the Mice Failed to Arrive\u0026amp;#x27;, \u0026amp;#x27;Stream System\u0026amp;#x27;, \u0026amp;#x27;First Love\u0026amp;#x27;, \u0026amp;#x27;Emerald Blue\u0026amp;#x27;, and \u0026amp;#x27;The Interior of Gaaldine\u0026amp;#x27;, a story which holds the key to the long break in Murnane\u0026amp;#x27;s career, and points the way towards his later works, from \u003ci\u003eBarley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e. Much is made of Murnane\u0026amp;#x27;s distinctive and elaborate style as a writer, but there is no one to match him in his sensitive portraits of family members  parents, uncles and aunts, and particularly children  and in his probing of situations which contain anxiety and embarrassment, shame or delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald Murnane is the author of eleven books of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eTamarisk Row\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA History of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Million Windows\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Yet Enduring Lilacs,\u003c\/i\u003e which have been published by Giramondo. He is a recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, the Adelaide Festival Literature Award for Innovation and the Victorian Premier\u0026amp;#x27;s Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003eprofile of Gerald Murnane here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;He is without question both the most original and most significant Australian author of the last 50 years, and one of the best writers Australia has produced. This claim will be hotly contested by many - and perhaps most - Australian critics and readers, but I suspect it will become a commonplace sentiment internationally.\u0026amp;#x27; - Emmett Stinson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867083493534,"sku":"ADS-9781925336641","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336641.jpg?v=1779429502","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336641","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}