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By Julian Novitz

ISBN-10: 1869416260

ISBN-13: 9781869416263

This prize-winning choice of brief tales playfully questions what 'real existence' is and, extra importantly, the place it may be found.Philip is a brand new Zealander, born and raised; the difficulty is that not anyone will think him. He travels generally, even though his brother Dan has no goal of going wherever - why depart while every thing you hate is the following? His ex-girlfriend, Kumiko, drifts among universities, enrolling in each direction she will locate so one can carry directly to her scholar visa. Her father is trying to find her, yet like any different personality during this assortment, he has an issue and a narrative of his personal . . .The characters during this humorous and astute publication of brief tales span genders, generations and identities. no matter if at domestic or in another country, they can be misplaced, wandering out and in of every other's lives, by no means rather coming jointly. relocating convincingly among differing views, those tales are deftly dealt with, providing flashes of sharp perception and unforeseen humour.This e-book gained the hot Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church most sensible First e-book of Fiction Award (2005).

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