{"product_id":"border-districts-a-fiction-9781250310323","title":"Border Districts: A Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bittersweet farewell to the world and the word by the Australian master\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The mind is a place best viewed from borderlands . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e, purportedly the Australian master Gerald Murnane's final work of fiction, is a hypnotic, precise, and self-lacerating \"report\" on a life led as an avid reader, fumbling lover, \"student of mental imagery,\" and devout believer--but a believer not in the commonplaces of religion, but rather in the luminescence of memory and its handmaiden, literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e, a man moves from a capital city to a remote town in the border country, where he intends to spend the last years of his life. It is time, he thinks, to review the spoils of a lifetime of seeing, a lifetime of reading. Which sights, which people, which books, fictional characters, turns of phrase, and lines of verse will survive into the twilight? A dark-haired woman with a wistful expression? An ancestral house in the grasslands? The colors in translucent panes of glass, in marbles and goldfish and racing silks? Feeling an increasing urgency to put his mental landscape in order, the man sets to work cataloging this treasure, little knowing where his \"report\" will lead and what secrets will be brought to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorder Districts \u003c\/i\u003eis a jewel of a farewell from one of the greatest living writers of English prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10548521\"\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250310323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250310326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Melbourne in 1939. One of Australia's most highly regarded authors, he has published several volumes of fiction, including\u003ci\u003e Barley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Million Windows\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Yet Enduring Lilacs\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Pain\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, and an Emeritus Fellowship from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. He lives in Victoria, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675393528045,"sku":"9781250310323","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_76579dca-2f75-4f78-bd1c-ba186a6f9d41.jpg?v=1649602551","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/border-districts-a-fiction-9781250310323","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}