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A Few Days in the Country : and Other Stories by Harrower, Elizabeth, 1928- author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Few Days in the Country : and Other Stories about?
Shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize Internationally acclaimed for her five brilliant novels, Elizabeth Harrower is also the author of a small body of short fiction. A Few Days in the Country brings together for the first time her stories published in Australian journals in the 1960s and 1970s, along with those from her archives—including 'Alice', published for the first time earlier this year in the New Yorker . Essential reading for Harrower fans, these finely turned pieces show a broader range than the novels, ranging from caustic satires to gentler explorations of friendship. Elizabeth Harrower is the author of the novels Down in the City, The Long Prospect, The Catherine Wheel and The Watch Tower —all of which have been republished as Text Classics—and In Certain Circles , which was published in 2014 and in early 2015 was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Elizabeth lives in Sydney. 'Harrower has the disconcerting knack of looking at life and seeing it unadorned.' Australian Financial Review , Best Books of 2015 'Vital, vivid stories by a master storyteller.' Joan London, Age/Sydney Morning Herald , Best Books of 2015 'One has to think hard of a book in which so much pl
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Harrower, Elizabeth, 1928- author
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781925240566
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories
- Rating
- 3.62 / 5 (71 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13