On their vast estates, the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture. Obsessed with their own habitat and history, they hire artisans, writers and historians to record in minute detail every aspect of their lives, and the nature of their...
An affordable boutique hardcover for Murnane fans, featuring a new introduction by Ben Lerner. 'Murnane, a genius, is a worthy heir to Beckett.'--Teju Cole 'A careful stylist and a slyly comic writer with large ideas.'-- Paris Review 'A distinguished, distinctive, unforgettable...
Fiction. Born in Melbourne, Austrailia, in 1939, Gerald Murnane recently retired as the senior lecturer in fiction writing at Deakin University with a reputation as one of the finest writers in his country. He is the author of seven highly praised books of fiction, most of which...