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The Red Coral Bracelet
Judith Hermann
‘My first and only visit to a therapist cost me my red coral bracelet and my lover.’
Real Time
Amit Chaudhuri
‘He sighed; his wife never satisfied him when he needed her most; and quite probably it was the same story the other way round.’
True History of the Kelly Gang, First Part
Peter Carey
‘I lost my own father at 12 yrs. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences’.
Pobby and Dingan
Ben Rice
“I’m looking for my daughter’s imaginary friends and you’d better bloody well believe it, mate!”
Mate
Kate Grenville
‘He’d bought the Akubra and the elastic-sided boots but anyone could see he was a city bugger.’
Voyage South
Murray Bail
‘The decks are brick red, the colour of old Australian verandas, as are the metal steps, the rails gloss white.’
Hawk
Joy Williams
‘As regards to life it is much the best to think that the experiences we have are necessary for us.’
The Waiter’s Wife
Zadie Smith
‘Two plates smashed to the floor. She patted her stomach to indicate her unborn child and pointed to the pieces, “Hungry?”’
Telling Him
Edmund White
‘The worst thing about knowing he was positive was that now he was under an obligation to tell his partners. Not that he informed the man he picked up in the park or the guy he lured over on the phone chatline.’
On Observation Hill
Francis Spufford
‘Here I stand on Observation Hill. If the Devil made me an offer at this moment, I feel sure I would accept.’
