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'‘Hello. Jessica Weir? I’m sorry, miss, but this was the last number—’ ‘Matthew’s on his way home. He should be here soon.’ And only the ocean breathing into the silence as if her own chest were rising and falling without fail. As if his heart were still beating. As if nothing in the world had changed. ‘We’ve found a car, miss. No sign of a driver.’
'WHEN Jessica’s partner disappears into the dark Tasmanian forest, there is of course the mystery of what happened—the deserted car, the enigmatic final image on his phone. There is the strange circle of local women, widows of disappeared men, with their edgy fellowship and unhinged theories. And the forest itself: looming over this tiny settlement on the remote tip of the island.
'But for Jessica there is also the tight community in which she is still a stranger and Matthew was not. What secrets do they know about her own life that she doesn’t? And why do they believe things that should not—cannot—be true? For her own sanity, Jessica needs to know two things. Who was Matthew? And who—or what—has he become?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For my father, Barry Elphick, my heart in the deep south.
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[Review] Wintering
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 116 2018; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Wintering 2018 single work novel -
Krissy Kneen : Wintering
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 September 2018;'Krissy Kneen’s novels have often centred on bodies, how they morph and constrict, how they can offer transcendence or be prisons for the soul, how they merge into other shapes, beyond desire, beyond gender, beyond human. In her latest, Wintering, she continues these themes, leading to an isolated shack on the Tasmanian coast, a place where devils roam, men disappear and strange creatures are glimpsed in the twilight out of the corner of the eye.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Wintering
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 116 2018; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Wintering 2018 single work novel -
Krissy Kneen : Wintering
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 September 2018;'Krissy Kneen’s novels have often centred on bodies, how they morph and constrict, how they can offer transcendence or be prisons for the soul, how they merge into other shapes, beyond desire, beyond gender, beyond human. In her latest, Wintering, she continues these themes, leading to an isolated shack on the Tasmanian coast, a place where devils roam, men disappear and strange creatures are glimpsed in the twilight out of the corner of the eye.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2019 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance
- 2019 finalist Queensland Literary Awards — The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
- 2019 longlisted Colin Roderick Award
- 2019 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2019 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Tasmania,