{"product_id":"9781922253330","title":"A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e Shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for her five brilliant novels, Elizabeth Harrower is also the author of a small body of short fiction. \u003ci\u003eA Few Days in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential reading for Harrower fans, these finely turned pieces show a broader range than the novels, ranging from caustic satires to gentler explorations of friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Harrower\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDown in the City, The Long Prospect, The Catherine Wheel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Watch Tower\u003c\/i\u003e—all of which have been republished as Text Classics—and \u003ci\u003eIn Certain Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 2014 and in early 2015 was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Elizabeth lives in Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Harrower has the disconcerting knack of looking at life and seeing it unadorned.’ \u003ci\u003eAustralian Financial Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2015\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Vital, vivid stories by a master storyteller.’ Joan London, \u003ci\u003eAge\/Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2015\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘One has to think hard of a book in which so much pleasure has been wrenched from so much pain. While the skies are overcast here, what happens on the ground is brightly lit, hilariously cast by lashings of irony and overstatement...This is the work of an activist in disguise as an entertainer.’ John Freeman, \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Enchanting...That Harrower has, up until recently, been denied a place in the Australian literary canon, is a tragedy—one that can only be remedied by reading her. \u003ci\u003eA Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic place to start.’ \u003ci\u003eLip Mag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Lyrical, insightful and finely tuned.’ \u003ci\u003eOtago Daily Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘The range of stories and styles demonstrates Harrower’s extraordinary literary skill…\u003ci\u003eA Few Days in the Country and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e offers no sure-fire formulas, but through its interrogation of characters’ psychological motivations it affords a deeper understanding of human behaviour.’ \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e‘[Harrower] reveals an astonishing facility to reveal a world in a few brush strokes.’ West Australian\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eA Few Days in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e continues [Harrower’s] remarkable literary rejuvenation.’ \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154061902064,"sku":"9781922253330","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922253330_p0.jpg?v=1763634127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922253330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}