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'The Simplest Words is Alex Miller's first collection of stories, memoir, commentary and poetry.
'All of Alex Miller's novels have been critically acclaimed and have won or been shortlisted in the major Australian literary awards. He is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and is an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Ancestor Game. His eleventh and most recent novel, Coal Creek, won the 2014 Victorian Premier's Literary Award.
'Alex Miller is published internationally and his works have been widely translated.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication:
For
Ross, Erin, Amelie and Adrienne
Kate and Mato
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Epigraph: And I always thought: the very simplest words / Must be enough - Bertolt Brecht
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Roller Skating
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 59)
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Great Humanity and Human Decency : Annette Marfording Reviews ‘The Simplest Words : A Storyteller’s Journey’ by Alex Miller
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Life Comes before Work
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2016; (p. 17)
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;
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Life Comes before Work
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2016; (p. 17)
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Great Humanity and Human Decency : Annette Marfording Reviews ‘The Simplest Words : A Storyteller’s Journey’ by Alex Miller
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Roller Skating
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 59)
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry -
Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;