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Evocative stories exploring loss, love, and time.

If you're drawn to the kind of storytelling that weaves through the complexities of human emotions against the backdrop of time's inexorable march, "In Another Country" by David Constantine will speak to you. The vivid prose and poignant narratives in stories like "The Cave" delve into the depths of relationships and personal transformation. It’s a good read for introspective evenings where you want literature that both challenges and satisfies.

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In Another Country: Selected Stories

Regular price RM40.57 MYR Now RM29.41 MYR Save 28%
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ISBN: 9781905583768
Publisher: Comma Press
Date of Publication: 2015-09-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.78
(rated by 290 readers)

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The stories of David Constantine are unlike any others. His characters possess you instantly, making you see the world as they do - sometimes as exiles, driven into isolation by convictions that even they don't fully understand; sometimes as carriers of an unspoken but unbearable weight. The things they pursue, or evade, are often unseen and at a distance - like the perfectly preserved body of a woman in the title story, waiting to be discovered in the receding ice of a Swiss glacier. These tokens of the past, or future, haunt Constantine's characters, but the landscapes that produce them also offer salvation, places of refuge or small treasures to take solace in - like the piece of driftwood a beachcomber chooses to carve into his idea of perfection. Gathering together stories from over two decades of writing, this selection demonstrates why Constantine has been hailed as perhaps the finest of contemporary writers in this form. Their bewitching and urgent language is at one and the same time unsettling and strong enough to help.
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Evocative stories exploring loss, love, and time.

If you're drawn to the kind of storytelling that weaves through the complexities of human emotions against the backdrop of time's inexorable march, "In Another Country" by David Constantine will speak to you. The vivid prose and poignant narratives in stories like "The Cave" delve into the depths of relationships and personal transformation. It’s a good read for introspective evenings where you want literature that both challenges and satisfies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.