A. S. Patric

A powerful and mesmerising voyage into darkness. Atlantic Black creates an indelible portrait of humanity sailing towards war. ~ Heather Rose, Winner of the 2017 Stella Prize In this haunting new novel, Katerina Klova and her mother are crossing the Atlantic by ocean liner. When Anne suffers a psychotic breakdown, Katerina is left alone on a ship full of strangers...

From Las Vegas to Melbourne, from Europe to a doomed airplane in mid-flight, from a seedy motel to the local bookstore, the true setting of these stories is the human heart. A son spends the day at work having left his father dying on the kitchen floor, a woman finds herself unexpectedly alone in a hotel room in Rome, Kafka...

Black Rock White City is a novel about the damages of war, the limits of choice, and the hope of love. During a hot Melbourne summer, Jovan's cleaning work at a bayside hospital is disrupted by acts of graffiti and violence becoming increasingly malevolent. For Jovan, the mysterious words that must be cleaned away dislodge the poetry of the past....

One of the most interesting and valuable writers working in Australia today. - The Australian Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of place ranging from a Bangla jungle to the deep, blue Danube to a winter beach in Melbourne excite and seduce. But what truly draws the reader in are the unexpected landscapes of...

A.S. Patric is heralded as 'one of the most interesting and valuable writers working in Australia today' - The Australian Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of places ranging from a Bangla jungle to the deep, blue Danube, to a winter beach in Melbourne excite and seduce. But what truly draws the reader in...