The man in the shed : stories / Lloyd Jones.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:Melbourne : Text Publishing Company, c2009.Whakaahuatanga: 265 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781921520662 (pbk.)
- 1921520663 (pbk.)
- 9780143202509 (Penguin : pbk.)
- NZ823.3 22
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tau tārua | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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New Zealand fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | JON (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | 1 | Wātea | A00600670 |
The man in the shed -- The thing that distresses me the most -- Lost cities -- The Simpsons in Russia -- Where the Harleys live -- Still lives -- The waiting room -- Dogs -- Broken machinery -- What we normally do on a Sunday -- Going to war for Mrs Austen -- Swimming to Australia -- Who's that dancing with my Mother? -- Amateur nights.
"A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman. A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover. A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted. A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates. Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shed is a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilt them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal."Publisher description.
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