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Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Literary FictionShort Stories
Pages
464
Published
2004
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection gathers the complete short fiction of Peter Carey, showcasing his distinctive voice and imaginative scope. Readers will encounter a range of characters and settings, from the familiar to the fantastical, all rendered with a keen eye for detail and a darkly humorous sensibility. These stories explore themes of identity, memory, and the peculiar nature of Australian life, inviting readers into a world both unsettling and deeply human.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingComplexAtmospheric

Genres

Literary Fiction Short Stories

About the author

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Peter Carey

Peter Philip Carey (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988, for Oscar and Lucinda, and won his second Booker Prize in 2001, for True History of the Kelly Gang. He has also won the Miles Franklin Award three times. In addition to writing fiction, he collaborated on the screenplay of the film Until the End of the World with Wim Wenders and was, for nineteen years, executive director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Hunter C...