- Australian fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction
Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exceptional stories capture the importance of human connection at pivotal moments in our lives, whether those occur because of the loss of a loved one or the uncertainties of childhood.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Tony Birch
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 218
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780702263170
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