{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-9780143790853","title":"The Complete Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThirty-one epic stories from Australia's award-winning author David Malouf.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AUSTRALIA-ASIA LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these \u003cu\u003ethirty-one stories\u003c\/u\u003e David Malouf's imagination inhabits shocking violence, quick humour, appealing warmth and harsh cruelty with equal intensity. He shares tales of bookish boys, taciturn men and intimate stories of men and women looking for something they seem to have missed, or missed out on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive compilation of David's shorter work, the stories are set in the stark and challenging Australian interior and the more lush and mysterious coastal enclaves; others are set in Australia's past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe youthful dreams, physical desires and mental despair of Malouf's richly varied characters as they explore their place in the world are always moving and universal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders won't want to skim a single page of the stories in this epic collection, a few of which are novella length. \u003cu\u003eTogether, they represent a quarter-century of a formidable craftsman's career.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Australia's finest writer'\u003c\/b\u003e MIRIAM COSIC, \u003ci\u003eTHE AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Malouf is a lyrical story-writer.'\u003c\/b\u003e MALCOLM KNOX, \u003ci\u003eTHE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A richly imagistic writer, philosophical and literary in the best sense.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A first-rate writer-a sensitive historian of the spirit.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"David Malouf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515637104701,"sku":null,"price":23.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780143790853.jpg?v=1787487299","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-complete-stories-9780143790853","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}