The End of Romance
$32.10
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
A captivating dystopian masterpiece. For fans of Charlotte Wood and Cormac McCarthy.
It is the future, and the earth has seemingly refused to cooperate with humanity, producing only thorn-bearing plants and caustic fogs in abundance. Life is hard for those who still inhabit urban communities. For those who have chosen to live ‘off-grid’ it is subsistence at best, but at least there is some kind of independence.
A woman and her son live alone, surviving as scavengers. Even so, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925355093 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925355098 |
| Author: | Maria Takolander |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Announces the arrival of a considerable talent.’
* Australian on The Double *‘Takolander’s stories are beautifully melancholy, full of arresting, dream-like sequences and imagery that stay with one long after the final page is turned.’
* Arts Hub on The Double *‘The Double is a compulsively readable book, and Takolander’s prose is fluid and engaging.’
* Blurb Magazine on The Double *‘The Double can be brutal yet remain achingly moving and painfully poignant; there are some outstanding, even breathtaking sentences and scenes in this book.’
* Sydney Morning Herald on The Double *‘One of the best contemporary short story collections I’ve read, Takolander’s fictions are intellectual, dark, strange and often dystopian.’
– Literary Minded on The Double‘Takolander’s angle is the familiar made strange, and her work has a wry quality that echoes early Atwood’s fierce genius…[Her] craft and skill is stunning.’
* Overland on The Double *Maria Takolander
Maria Takolander is an award-winning Finnish-Australian fiction writer and poet.
Awards & Recognition:
- Inaugural winner of the Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley short-story prize.
- Her debut short fiction collection, The Double (Text 2013), was a finalist for the Melbourne Prize for Literature’s ‘Best New Writing Award’.
- Author of four books of poetry.
- Her most recent poetry collection, Trigger Warning (UQP 2021), won a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and was shortlisted for an Association for the Study of Australian Literature Gold Medal.
Public Art: Her words are featured as public art at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne and in Geelong.
Personal Life: She lives in Geelong with her husband and son.
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