The man who took to his bed / Alex Skovron.
By: Skovron, Alex [author.].
Publisher: Glebe, N.S.W. : Puncher & Wattmann, ©2017Description: viii, 143 pages ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781922186973 (paperback).Subject(s): Short stories, Australian | Short stories, Australian -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: A man wakes up one morning to find an unknown woman in bed beside him. A failed writer devises an ingenious method of plagiarizing the work of others. Whole properties in a suburban neighbourhood begin vanishing overnight. An ancient grand piano is purchased by a mysterious young customer with an old secret. A spontaneous experiment in the paranormal produces an unexpected result... This collection of 14 short stories is Alex Skovron's second book of fiction, after his novella The Poet (2005) introduces an eclectic range of protagonists, predicaments, voices, and narrative styles - playful, earnest, speculative, ironic, intimate, bittersweet, surreal. Between them, the characters' stories highlight the untoward in the everyday, the transformative in the mundane, the twists and turning-points that can challenge us - and the games we play with others, and with ourselves.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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A man wakes up one morning to find an unknown woman in bed beside him. A failed writer devises an ingenious method of plagiarizing the work of others. Whole properties in a suburban neighbourhood begin vanishing overnight. An ancient grand piano is purchased by a mysterious young customer with an old secret. A spontaneous experiment in the paranormal produces an unexpected result... This collection of 14 short stories is Alex Skovron's second book of fiction, after his novella The Poet (2005) introduces an eclectic range of protagonists, predicaments, voices, and narrative styles - playful, earnest, speculative, ironic, intimate, bittersweet, surreal. Between them, the characters' stories highlight the untoward in the everyday, the transformative in the mundane, the twists and turning-points that can challenge us - and the games we play with others, and with ourselves.