{"product_id":"dream-stuff-stories-9780375724497","title":"Dream Stuff: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Malouf\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are nine haunting stories from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRemembering Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDream Stuff\u003c\/b\u003e reverberates 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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354606887063,"sku":"9780375724497","price":697.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780375724497.webp?v=1767669832","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dream-stuff-stories-9780375724497","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}