{"product_id":"9781921870811","title":"The Best Australian Stories 2012","description":"\u003ci\u003eThese stories are breath-takers, the ones which render nothing more important than discovering what happens next.\u003c\/i\u003e —Sonya Hartnett \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Best Australian Stories 2012\u003c\/i\u003e is the country’s premier annual collection of short fiction. This year sees Sonya Hartnett select thirty-two remarkable stories that roam widely in subject and style, but share “a delicate complexity and a vibrant cleverness.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A travelling scout for a modern-day freak show meets a girl with a strange and wonderful gift. A winning lottery ticket tests the bonds of three mismatched siblings. A beast of burden offers an alternative account of Australian settlement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is dark humour, stealthy and unsettling, and moments of terror, whimsy, romance and surprise. What unites them is a steadfast commitment to the storyteller’s art – the art of making the reader want to turn the page. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Almost all the stories curated by Hartnett were new to me and reading them was a treat … As with the poems, this outstanding collection confirms the robust health of the Australian short story.’ —the \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘You'd be hard to please if you found nothing in this collection to make you want to linger and relish what you’d discovered.’ —\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels. In 2003, her adult novel, \u003ci\u003eOf a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, won the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137220886768,"sku":"9781921870811","price":19.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921870811_p0.jpg?v=1763631999","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921870811","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}