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| Author | Cate Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Published | 2006 |
| Publisher | Scribe |
| Pages | 182 |
| ISBN | 978-1-922-07019-7 |
| OCLC | 801840206 |
| 823.0108994 | |
Dark Roots is a collection of short fiction by Cate Kennedy. It was first published in Australia by Scribe in 2006. Cold Snap appeared in The New Yorker under the title Black Ice. [1] What Thou and I Did, till We Loved won The Age Short Story Award in 2001. [1]
Dark Roots contains the following short stories:
The New York Times reviewed the collection, calling Kennedy's stories "melancholy but deliberate and coolly exact". [2] The Herald Scotland also reviewed Dark Roots, writing that there was "much to admire in Cate Kennedy's debut collection of short stories, Dark Roots; most of all the fact that nearly all of the stories have won major competitions." [3]
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