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Stories

The Collected Short Fiction

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Pub Date Mar 03 2026 | Archive Date Apr 02 2026


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Description

A finely etched collection of short stories from the "generous, category-defying imagination" (New York Times Book Review) of Helen Garner, one of Australia's most beloved writers

A woman sends postcards to a former lover from the idyllic Gold Coast. A chorus of hometown voices gossip about a wayward friend returned. A young girl discovers a hidden box of horrors.

Helen Garner is best known for her frank, unsparing, and intricate portraits of Australian life. Now, in Stories, comes the collected short fiction of a singular literary voice. These stories delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness, and joy of life, and all told with Garner's characteristic sharpness, honesty, and humor. Each one is a perfect piece, but together they showcase a rare talent and a master of many literary forms.
A finely etched collection of short stories from the "generous, category-defying imagination" (New York Times Book Review) of Helen Garner, one of Australia's most beloved writers

A woman sends...

Advance Praise

“Helen Garner’s stories share characteristics of the postcard. . . . Scenes pass as if viewed from a train—momentarily, distinct, and tantalizing in their beauty.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Garner excels at taking the quotidian ingredients of a life . . . and making them crackle with newness. Her eye is relentless, her prose razor-sharp, her characters overflowing with emotion.”—Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds and Matrix

“A natural storyteller.”—James Wood, The New Yorker

“Her prose is wiry, stark, precise, but to find her equal for the tone of generous humanity one has to call up writers like Isaac Babel and Anton Chekhov.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Not long ago I read Helen Garner for the first time and was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block; how strange, how wonderful, that a book can still make me feel that way.”—Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind and Entitlement

“Helen Garner’s stories share characteristics of the postcard. . . . Scenes pass as if viewed from a train—momentarily, distinct, and tantalizing in their beauty.”—The New York Times Book Review

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National Media Attention, Including NPR, Newspaper & Magazine Features

National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog Coverage

Major Profile Placement

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Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780553387476
PRICE $27.00 (USD)
PAGES 208

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