Stories

'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; ‘A natural storyteller.’—New Yorker; ‘Garner’s stories share characteristics of the postcard: they flash before us carefully recorded images that remind us of harsher realities not pictured. And like postcards they are economically written, a bit of conversation is transcribed, a memory recalled, an event noted, scenes pass as if viewed from a train - momentarily, distinct and tantalizing in their beauty.’—New York Times; ‘A perfect introduction for first-timers who have not yet experienced the pleasures of Garner’s writing.’—Sydney Morning Herald