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Feb 02, 2012
Mark
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This review forms part of my contribution to the Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading Challenge.
A Book of Endings is a short story collection by Deborah Biancotti. I first came across Ms Biancotti's work when I read Bad Power earlier in the year, which I liked very much. As a result I've been eager to get my hands on A Book of Endings.
So, already being predisposed to like Ms Biancotti's work, I got about three quarters of the way through A Book of Endings and felt compelled More...
A Book of Endings is a short story collection by Deborah Biancotti. I first came across Ms Biancotti's work when I read Bad Power earlier in the year, which I liked very much. As a result I've been eager to get my hands on A Book of Endings.
So, already being predisposed to like Ms Biancotti's work, I got about three quarters of the way through A Book of Endings and felt compelled More...
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Mar 30, 2010
Nathan
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A very strong debut short story collection. In her Afterword, Biancotti talks about how she arrived at the title of this collection and notes previous criticisms regarding her story endings as being either "too understated or confusing for audiences to feel comfortable with". I can see why these criticisms have been levelled at some of her stories - Biancotti has a strong tendency towards ambiguity and unexpected twists. Sometimes this technique is more successful than others. For me,
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