{"product_id":"stream-system-the-collected-short-fiction-of-gerald-murnane-paperback","title":"Stream System: The Collected Short Fiction of Gerald Murnane - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories from a mind-bending Australian master, \"a genius on the level of Beckett\" (Teju Cole)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before available to readers in this hemisphere, these stories--originally published from 1985 to 2012--offer an irresistible compendium of the work of one of contemporary fiction's greatest magicians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the Australian master Gerald Murnane's reputation rests largely on his longer works of fiction, his short stories stand among the most brilliant and idiosyncratic uses of the form since Borges, Beckett, and Nabokov. Brutal, comic, obscene, and crystalline, \u003ci\u003eStream System\u003c\/i\u003e runs from the haunting \"Land Deal,\" which imagines the colonization of Australia and the ultimate vengeance of its indigenous people as a series of nested dreams; to \"Finger Web,\" which tells a quietly terrifying, fractal tale of the scars of war and the roots of misogyny; to \"The Interior of Gaaldine,\" which finds its anxious protagonist stranded beyond the limits of fiction itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one else writes like Murnane, and there are few other authors alive still capable of changing how--and why--we read.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Melbourne in 1939. One of Australia's most highly regarded authors, he has published ten volumes of fiction, including\u003ci\u003e Barley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Million Windows\u003c\/i\u003e, as well a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Yet Enduring Lilacs\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Pain\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, and an Emeritus Fellowship from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. He lives in Victoria, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762304221472,"sku":"9780374126001","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ce260735e4eed6627c9fb66cac20ff98.webp?v=1780219137","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stream-system-the-collected-short-fiction-of-gerald-murnane-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}