Dream Stuff Stories

Here are nine haunting stories from the award-winning author ofRemembering Babylon, in which history and geography, as well as the past and the present, combine and often collide, illuminating the landscape and revealing the character of Australia. An eleven-year-old boy sees his father in his own elongated shadow only to realize that he will not return from the war. In a parting moment, a young woman hired to "marry" vacationing soldiers, grasps the weight of the word "woe." When a failing farmer senselessly murders a wandering aborigine, he imperils his son but discovers in the spring of sympathy that follows the power to influence others. Wise and moving, startling and lyrical,Dream Stuffreverberates with the unpredictability of human experience, revealing people who are shaped by the mysterious rhythms of nature as well as the ghosts of their own pasts. From the Trade Paperback edition.

David Malouf<i> </i>is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel <b>The Great World</b> was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. <b>Remembering Babylon</b> was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia.