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Chris Somerville We Are Not the Same Anymore

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May 2013, no. 351

We Are Not The Same Anymore: Stories by Chris Somerville

University of Queensland Press, $19.95 pb, 185 pp

Chris Somerville We Are Not the Same Anymore

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May 2013, no. 351

Finishing Chris Somerville’s début story collection, We Are Not the Same Anymore, I felt a sense of alienation and ennui. Somerville writes with a stylistic sparseness that is deceptively simple but that repays rereading. Passages of awkwardness and deep introspection are punctuated by moments of humour, warmth, and vulnerability. Embedded within this stark territory, these moments make the journey more enjoyable.

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