{"product_id":"2026200004555-secondhand-voices","title":"Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of short fiction from one of Australia's most quietly powerful literary voices, Voices presents a series of spare, contemplative stories set against the vast and often unforgiving Australian landscape. Peter Cowan's prose is precise and restrained, drawing meaning from silence and understatement as much as from action or dialogue. Each story illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people — farmers, families, and solitary figures — caught in moments of tension, loss, or quiet revelation. Cowan's mastery of the short story form is on full display here, as he strips narrative down to its essential truths with a cool, unsentimental clarity that rewards patient and attentive readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792193597659,"sku":"2026200004555-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7ea373d6-a583-44f8-99b5-a3252b6f2618.png?v=1779273205","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200004555-secondhand-voices","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}