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'Mum and Dad were sitting up in bed, the dark veneer of the bed head framing them from above the waist and the white sheet messed up around their legs. Dad's mouth was smeared with blood. It was on his teeth. He was panting. Mum was looking into her lap, where she was squeezing her left fist with her right hand. I could see the thumb sticking out, a chunk of flesh hanging off and blood streaming down.
'A student travels to Estonia to investigate his violent father's upbringing.
'A woman is possessed by visions of her brother's brutal death at a lake in Finland.
'A bride plumbs the depths of her loathing for her husband on a journey across Africa.
'A lonely boy is haunted by nightmares of a new classmate who has an affair with their teacher.
Each of the stories in The Double is unnerving, and unforgettable. Ranging from rural Australia to Northern Europe and beyond, from the dark past of the Soviet era to a terrifying vision of the near future, this collection marks the arrival of a unique and bewitching talent.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
- Paradise Lost, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review of The Double and Other Stories by Maria Takolander
2014
single work
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 7 no. 1 2014;
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
The Year’s Work in Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 124-143)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now 2013 single work novel ; Elemental 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel 1937 single work novel ; Inland 1988 single work novel ; White Light 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book 2013 single work novel -
Prithvi Varatharajan Reviews The Double by Maria Takolander
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 15 2014;
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
Double Exposure
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2014;
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
What I’m Reading
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
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Tales of the Unexpected
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
Double the Inspiration
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
Cleavage
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 354 2013; (p. 53)
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
Tales of Menace and Memory
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 33) The Age , 26 October 2013; (p. 27) The Canberra Times , 26 October 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story -
2013 in Books
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Barracuda 2013 single work novel ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Burial Rites 2013 single work novel -
A Stoic Outsider's Eye on the World
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 August 2013; (p. 7) -
What I’m Reading
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
Awards
- 2015 shortlisted Melbourne Prize