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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Charles D'Ambrosio
Eight short stories full of characters who float through their lives and relationships, adrift and apprehensive, tested by failure and strengthened by adversity. Set in remote cabins, asylums, Indian reservations…
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Charles D'Ambrosio’s essay collection Orphans spawned something of a cult following. In the decade since the tiny limited-edition volume sold out its print run, its devotees have pressed it upon…
New York Times Notable Books Winner of the Washing State Book Prize Finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
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Set in remote cabins, Indian reservations and the streets of suburbia, these stories conjure a world that is fearfully inhospitable, darkly humorous, and touched by humanity. They are full of…