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Owen Marshall: Selected Stories

Owen Marshall is New Zealand's foremost writer of short stories, loved not just for the superb quality of his writing but because his stories so precisely capture his fellow New Zealanders and their country. From the provinces to the cities, the remote landscapes to journeying overseas, Marshall's stories show a deep understanding of who and where we are. Sometimes he skewers the locals with sharp and sly comedy, in other stories there's an elegiac sadness or a grim reality, but always an insightful exploration of human emotions.

From the substantial body of work created over the last thirty years, critic, writer and academic Vincent O'Sullivan has selected sixty stories that give a wide representation of Marshall's range.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 622
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781869419585
  • Release date
  • 2008