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Small Forest

$22.99

William Lane

Small Forest is a collection of nine short stories exploring various characters – variously haunted. Returning repression, music, and intergenerational relationships all appear as motifs throughout the collection. In ‘Vivien’s Fingers’ a new parent tries to learn the piano, in an attempt to maintain an inner life separate from her young child. ‘Children’s Hospital’ depicts a ward of children suffering anorexia, while ‘Uncle Dan’s War’ explores the effects of post-traumatic stress on a returned POW.


Paperback, 162 pages, $22.99 + postage

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Praise

‘All examples of clarity, and of careful, engaging construction.’
‘The small forest of this collection’s title provides an eloquent metaphor that invites the reader to move through the stories in search of revelation and understanding, as well as pleasure in the reading.’ –CARMEL BIRD, 2016 Patrick White Literary Award recipient


About the author

WILLIAM LANE lives in the Hunter Valley/Wollombi region, NSW, where he is raising three children. After completing an Honours degree in Australian literature, he travelled and worked in a number of different jobs. In addition to reading and writing, his interests include music and education. He has completed a doctorate on the Australian writer Christina Stead, and has had several critical articles on Stead published in literary journals. Transit Lounge has published three of his novels, Over the Water (2014), The Horses (2015) and The Salamanders (2016), and The Word (2018). Small Forest was Runner Up in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award.

 


Publication Details

Published as part of the SW Smalls series, celebrating 10 years of Spineless Wonders.

Additional information

Extent:

162pp

Format:

Paperback

ISBN:

978-1-925052-41-1

Publication Date:

1 October 2021

RRP:

$22.99

Size:

H 152 mm x W102 mm

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