In this short story collection, travellers on highways and trains are preoccupied with the lives of the dead, with lost children or with parents. A woman searches a suburban deadland for her missing mother. A rural family struggles on a land that fails to sustain them. A young man's attempt to leave the strictures of family life ends in violence. J
In this short story collection, travellers on highways and trains are preoccupied with the lives of the dead, with lost children or with parents. A woman searches a suburban deadland for her missing mother. A rural family struggles on a land that fails to sustain them. A young man's attempt to leave the strictures of family life ends in violence. Jane Skelton writes cool prose about hot landscapes, about characters seeking relief from strong emotions, about characters whose lives are tied up, inextricably, with the Australian landscape.
In this short story collection, travellers on highways and trains are preoccupied with the lives of the dead, with lost children or with parents. A woman searches a suburban deadland for her missing mother. A rural family struggles on a land that fails to sustain them. A young man's attempt to leave the strictures of family life ends in violence. Jane Skelton writes cool prose about hot landscapes, about characters seeking relief from strong emotions, about characters whose lives are tied up, inextricably, with the Australian landscape.
This collection of eight short stories explores the elusive nature of truth and reality across diverse genres, from supernatural horror to military fiction. Each tale examines how appearances deceive...
Title: The Dead Sailor and other stories.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the...
Indian scenario exposes a vast unfamiliar lifestyle before non-Indian readers. This is imbibed from a mixed culture, different languages, strange mannerisms and food habits, foreign Gods, local...
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