The Last Days of Chez Nous Two Friends showcases the range of one of Australiarsquo;s greatest writers. These two scripts for filmsmdash;The Last Days of Chez Nous was directed by Gillian Armstrong in 1991; and Two Friends by Jane Campion in 1986mdash;are funny; sharp observations of relationships and friendships that are as intimate and engrossing as Helen Garnerrsquo;s acclaimed novels. This edition comes with a new introduction by the internationally renowned screenwriter Laura Jones; winner of the inaugural Australian Writersrsquo; Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Helen Garner is an award-winning author of novels; stories; screenplays and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature and in 2016 a Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction. Her novel The Spare Room; published in 2008; won the Victorian Premierrsquo;s Literary Award for Fiction; the Queensland Premierrsquo;s Award for Fiction and the Barbara Jefferis Award; and has been translated into many languages. Her non-fiction book This House of Grief won the Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime of 2015. Helen Garnerrsquo;s most recent book is Everywhere I Look. lsquo;(Garnerrsquo;s) humour and pathos shinehellip;The stories are absorbing; the preface; quite fascinating.rsquo; BookMooch
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