{"product_id":"stories-the-collected-short-fiction-9780553387476","title":"Stories: The Collected Short Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eA finely etched collection of short stories from the \"generous, category-defying imagination\" \u003ci\u003e(New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e of Helen Garner, one of Australia's most beloved writers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman sends postcards to a former lover from the idyllic Gold Coast. A chorus of hometown voices gossip about a wayward friend returned. A young girl discovers a hidden box of horrors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Garner is best known for her frank, unsparing, and intricate portraits of Australian life. Now, in \u003ci\u003eStories, \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the collected short fiction of a singular literary voice. These stories delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness, and joy of life, and all told with Garner's characteristic sharpness, honesty, and humor. Each one is a perfect piece, but together they showcase a rare talent and a master of many literary forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHELEN GARNER \u003c\/b\u003ewrites novels, stories, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Non-fiction. In 2019 she was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. Her books include \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip, The Children's Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino, The Spare Room, The First Stone, This House of Grief, Everywhere I Look, \u003c\/i\u003eand her diaries \u003ci\u003eYellow Notebook, One Day I'll Remember This, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e How to End a Story, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in the United States as the one-volume \u003ci\u003eHow to End a Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057808044306,"sku":"9780553387476","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stories-the-collected-short-fiction-9780553387476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}