{"product_id":"stream-system-the-collected-short-fiction-of-gerald-murnane","title":"Stream System: The Collected Short Fiction of Gerald Murnane","description":"Stories from a mind-bending Australian master, “a genius on the level of Beckett” (Teju Cole)\n\nNever before available to readers in this hemisphere, these stories―originally published from 1985 to 2012―offer an irresistible compendium of the work of one of contemporary fiction’s greatest magicians.\n\nWhile the Australian master Gerald Murnane’s reputation rests largely on his longer works of fiction, his short stories stand among the most brilliant and idiosyncratic uses of the form since Borges, Beckett, and Nabokov. Brutal, comic, obscene, and crystalline, Stream System runs from the haunting “Land Deal,” which imagines the colonization of Australia and the ultimate vengeance of its indigenous people as a series of nested dreams; to “Finger Web,” which tells a quietly terrifying, fractal tale of the scars of war and the roots of misogyny; to “The Interior of Gaaldine,” which finds its anxious protagonist stranded beyond the limits of fiction itself.\n\nNo one else writes like Murnane, and there are few other authors alive still capable of changing how―and why―we read.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374126003\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374126003.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Murnane, Gerald\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331250946109,"sku":"BVV.0374126003.G","price":7.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374126003-0.jpg?v=1783542687","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/stream-system-the-collected-short-fiction-of-gerald-murnane","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}