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Overview
In the last twenty years Janette Turner Hospital has lived on four continents. A native Australian and now a resident of Canada, she has spent time in India, England, and the United States. This intimate acquaintance with diverse cultures informs Dislocations, her award-winning, richly textured collected of stories.Distinguised by allusive prose, telling characterization, and an unerring sense of place, Dislocations is a remarkably accomplished collection of stories.
Synopsis
In the last twenty years Janette Turner Hospital has lived on four continents. A native Australian and now a resident of Canada, she has spent time in India, England, and the United States. This intimate acquaintance with diverse cultures informs Dislocations, her award-winning, richly textured collected of stories.
Distinguised by allusive prose, telling characterization, and an unerring sense of place, Dislocations is a remarkably accomplished collection of stories.
Publishers Weekly
``In this aptly titled gathering, we experience the uprootedness of people whose lives are changed by circumstances over which they have no control,'' remarked PW , calling Hospital's short-story debut ``richly diverse.'' (Apr.)