Landscape with Landscape

Landscape with Landscape is Gerald Murnane's first collection of short fiction. These loosely connected stories trace a journey through the suburbs of Melbourne in the 1960s, as the writer negotiates the conflicting demands of Catholicism and sex, self-consciousness and intimacy, alcohol and literature. Harshly reviewed upon publication, it is now lauded as some of his best writing, offering a wide-ranging exploration of the landscapes which make up the imagination of this extraordinary Australian writer. 'Murnane is unlike anyone else, the sort of writer who demands to be read in a new way but, above all, demands to be read.' Brian Evenson, Chicago Review of Books 'The emotional conviction . . . is so intense, the sombre lyricism so moving, the intelligence behind the chiselled sentences so undeniable, that we suspend all disbelief.' J. M. Coetzee