Hal Porter's Selected Stories (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image, Worn and rubbed spine. Internally sound.
A landmark collection of Australian short fiction, Hal Porter's Selected Stories gathers some of the finest work from one of the country's most distinctive and technically accomplished prose stylists. Porter's stories chronicle the lives of ordinary Australians — particularly those inhabiting the provincial towns and social margins of mid-twentieth-century life — with a sharp, unsentimental eye and a prose style that is at once ornate and precise. His narratives uncover the quiet hypocrisies, loneliness, and dark comedies lurking beneath the surface of respectable society, rendered with a wit that is as cutting as it is compassionate. The collection illustrates Porter's remarkable range, moving from childhood reminiscence to social satire to moments of genuine pathos, all unified by his singular voice and meticulous command of language. Essential reading for admirers of the short story form and anyone seeking to understand the richness of Australian literary tradition.
Author: Hal Porter
Format: Paperback
Published: 1975, Angus & Robertson Publishers
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image, Worn and rubbed spine. Internally sound.
A landmark collection of Australian short fiction, Hal Porter's Selected Stories gathers some of the finest work from one of the country's most distinctive and technically accomplished prose stylists. Porter's stories chronicle the lives of ordinary Australians — particularly those inhabiting the provincial towns and social margins of mid-twentieth-century life — with a sharp, unsentimental eye and a prose style that is at once ornate and precise. His narratives uncover the quiet hypocrisies, loneliness, and dark comedies lurking beneath the surface of respectable society, rendered with a wit that is as cutting as it is compassionate. The collection illustrates Porter's remarkable range, moving from childhood reminiscence to social satire to moments of genuine pathos, all unified by his singular voice and meticulous command of language. Essential reading for admirers of the short story form and anyone seeking to understand the richness of Australian literary tradition.