Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140097511 ISBN 13: 9780140097511

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1987

The titles of this collection of six loosely connected stories, Landscape with Freckled Woman, Sipping the Essence, The Battle of Acosta Nu, A Quieter Place than Clun, Charlie Alcock's Cock, and Landscape with Artist suggest the range of the writer's vision. Some of the stories here have elements of surreal fantasy and all seek to involve the reader in the construction of their meaning. Even when we are on foreign earth we are never far from our own private landscape.

About the Author:

Gerald Murnane was born in Melbourne in 1939. From 1960 to 1973, he worked as a teacher and developed educational publications. He published his first novels in 1974. In 1980, he became a lecturer, whilst continuing to write. Murnane won the FAW Barbara Ramsden Award for 'Velvet Waters' in 1991. He received the Patrick White Literary Award in 1999. He currently lives in Melbourne.