A Few Days in the Country

‘The short story, with its tight formal constraints, proves to be a fruitful medium for Harrower's Gothic sensibilities. At the same time, she uses the short form to offer her imprisoned characters a glimpse of freedom—even if the cynical reader will recognize that the promise of escape is ironic…Artful short-form fiction best for Harrower's dedicated fans.’—*Kirkus*

‘I can’t recommend this brilliant, austere writer strongly enough...Harrower is funny and elegant and devastating.’—James Wood, *New Yorker*‘Wide-ranging in mood and style, this is a virtuoso but warm-hearted display of the genre.’—*The Lady* [UK]

‘These are wise and serious stories about deep feelings. Harrower is one of those writers you can't believe you've missed – but what a joy to discover her.’—*Daily Mail* [UK]

‘Watchful, witty, unillusioned, exultant...There’s a note of elegy in all of Harrower's work, even as the adrenaline flows, and a lyricism reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald at his desperate best.’—*Times Literary Supplement*‘Harrower can pierce your heart.’—Michael Dirda, the *Washington Post*

‘Utterly hypnotic.’—Eimear McBride, author of *A Girl is a Half-formed Thing*

‘Like a treasure from an unearthed time capsule....Harrower’s fearsome objectivity and her bristling, beautiful prose come from modernist masters like Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Bowen.’—*The Wall Street Journal*

Internationally acclaimed for her five brilliant novels, Elizabeth Harrower also wrote a number of extraordinary short stories. Some have been previously published, but others are released here for the first time.

*A Few Days in the Country *is a stellar collection, which underlines Harrower's standing as one of the great post-war Australian writers.

**Elizabeth Harrower **is the author of *Down in the City*, *The Long Prospect*, *The Catherine Wheel*, and *The Watch Tower*—all republished as Text Classics—and *In Certain Circles*, which was published in 2014 and in early 2015 was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.