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Across Farmer's works, there has always been an attraction to those beings who occupy two realms ⿿ Once one has lived elsewhere, lived differently, it doesn't matter whether she stays to forge a new life or turns back towards the old, or moves on once again, there will always be the shadow, the after-image, of the life not lived.' Beverley Farmer's writing reflects on restlessness, desire and homecoming. In this brilliantly acute essay, fellow...

A haunting and vivid novel which excavates an Australia rarely seen in literature.New Year''s Eve, 1990, small-town Australia. The mysterious death of the family dog pushes Jack, a Vietnam veteran suffering from severe PTSD, into one of his periodic vanishing acts. His eccentric brother Les remains next door, a gentle fixer-upper, whose loyalties are increasingly torn between Jack and his wife Evelyn. This time, Evelyn lets Jack stay gone. She...

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A haunting and vivid novel which excavates an Australia rarely seen in literature.New Year''s Eve, 1990, small-town Australia. The mysterious death of the family dog pushes Jack, a Vietnam veteran suffering from severe PTSD, into one of his periodic vanishing acts. His eccentric brother Les remains next door, a gentle fixer-upper, whose loyalties are increasingly torn between Jack and his wife Evelyn. This time, Evelyn lets Jack stay gone. She...

A collection of stories full of heartbreak, travel, and seduction from a young Australian author whose "gorgeous, precise language encourages inner storms" (Samantha Hunt, The New York Times Book Review)

Eine abgelegene Kleinstadt im Südwesten Australiens, Anfang der Neunzigerjahre. Jack Burroughs hat den Krieg, an dem er vor mehr als zwanzig Jahren teilgenommen hat, nie überwunden. Als sein geliebter Hund eines Nachts von einem wilden Tier buchstäblich in Stücke gerissen wird, verliert er endgültig die Kontrolle über sein verpfuschtes Leben. Vor Weihnachten verschwindet er spurlos - genau wie früher schon, nur fürchtet seine Tochter Ruby, das...

In short vignettes and longer stories, Josephine Rowe explores the idea of things that are left behind: souvenirs, scars, prejudice. These beautifully wrought, bittersweet stories capture everyday life in restrained poetic prose, merging themes of collective memory and guilt, permanence and impermanence, and inherited beliefs. A mother moves north with her young children who watch her and try to decipher her buried grief. Two photographers doc...

On New Year's Eve, 1990, in a small Australian town, Ru's father, a Vietnam War veteran, has disappeared. This time Ru thinks he might be gone for good. A Loving, Faithful Animal is an incandescent portrait of one family searching for what is redeemable in the ruins of war.