Dream Stuff by David Malouf
From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother's GI Escort, yet still hoping for the return of a father 'missing in action', to the portrait of an adult writer trying to piece together a defining image of his late father, these outstanding stories conjure up with sharp intensity the memories and events that make a man. These powerfully vivid stories range over more than a century of Australian life, from green tropical lushness to 'blacksoil country', from scrub and outback to city streets - evoking dark shadows beneath a bright sun, and lives shaped by the ghosts of history and the rhythms of unruly nature.
Remarkable for its range and unsettling dynamism…in their subtlety, power and poetic finesse they are as good as any being written * Sunday Times *
A highly accomplished collection, and one that resonates in the mind long after the book is finished * Daily Telegraph *
A remarkable achievement… These stories are pearls * Spectator *
An excellent collection by any standard…a heart-warming book * Sunday Telegraph *
Confirm[s] Malouf's stature as a writer of the very first order * Boston Book Review *
A highly accomplished collection, and one that resonates in the mind long after the book is finished * Daily Telegraph *
A remarkable achievement… These stories are pearls * Spectator *
An excellent collection by any standard…a heart-warming book * Sunday Telegraph *
Confirm[s] Malouf's stature as a writer of the very first order * Boston Book Review *
David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), Remembering Babylon (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), An Imaginary Life, Conversations at Curlow Creek, His most recent, Ransom, published in 2010, and his autobiographical classic 12 Edmondstone Street. His Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award, and his recent story collections are Dream Stuff ('These stories are pearls' Spectator) and Every Move You Make ('Rare and luminous talent' Guardian). In 2008 Malouf was the Scottish Arts' Council Muriel Spark International Fellow. Born in 1934 in Brisbane, where he was brought up, he lives in Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099289906 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099289903 |
| Title | Dream Stuff |
| Author | David Malouf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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