Short 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.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - chipped and torn. Clean text.
A celebrated collection from one of Australia's most beloved storytellers, Short Stories by Alan Marshall gathers the warmly observed, deeply humane tales that cemented his reputation as a master of the form. Marshall chronicles the lives of ordinary Australians — bush workers, the poor, the disabled, and the overlooked — with an unflinching compassion and a quietly powerful prose style that never tips into sentimentality. Drawing on his own experiences growing up with polio in rural Victoria, he illustrates the resilience and dignity of people on the margins of society, rendering their struggles and small triumphs with remarkable authenticity. The tone throughout is tender yet unsentimental, grounded in a sharp social conscience that reflects the egalitarian spirit of mid-twentieth-century Australia. Readers who appreciate character-driven fiction rooted in a strong sense of place and community will find this collection an enduring and deeply rewarding work.
Author: Alan Marshall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Nelson
Genre: Anthology
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - chipped and torn. Clean text.
A celebrated collection from one of Australia's most beloved storytellers, Short Stories by Alan Marshall gathers the warmly observed, deeply humane tales that cemented his reputation as a master of the form. Marshall chronicles the lives of ordinary Australians — bush workers, the poor, the disabled, and the overlooked — with an unflinching compassion and a quietly powerful prose style that never tips into sentimentality. Drawing on his own experiences growing up with polio in rural Victoria, he illustrates the resilience and dignity of people on the margins of society, rendering their struggles and small triumphs with remarkable authenticity. The tone throughout is tender yet unsentimental, grounded in a sharp social conscience that reflects the egalitarian spirit of mid-twentieth-century Australia. Readers who appreciate character-driven fiction rooted in a strong sense of place and community will find this collection an enduring and deeply rewarding work.