Short Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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 quiet, understated wit 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, presenting their struggles and small triumphs with remarkable authenticity. The prose is spare yet richly evocative, carrying the cadence of spoken storytelling that made Marshall's work so widely read and deeply loved across generations of Australian readers.
Author: Alan Marshall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Nelson
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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 quiet, understated wit 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, presenting their struggles and small triumphs with remarkable authenticity. The prose is spare yet richly evocative, carrying the cadence of spoken storytelling that made Marshall's work so widely read and deeply loved across generations of Australian readers.