'The paint itself is part of the painting's meaning; the words do not merely tell, but are the story...' --Charlotte Wood
In The Best Australian Stories 2016, Charlotte Wood, author of The Natural Way of Things (winner of the 2016 Stella Prize, and the 2016 Indie Book of the Year), presents twenty pieces of outstanding short fiction.
Featuring the work of exciting new voices alongside stories by established favourites, this is a collection of great diversity. If it has a unifying thread, writes Wood, it might be her own preoccupation with 'the trio of...
'The paint itself is part of the painting's meaning; the words do not merely tell, but are the story...' --Charlotte Wood