IT’S no secret that I’m a huge fan of Tamara Lazaroff…and more than a little bit jealous This talented writer creates some of the most achingly beautiful prose I’ve read in a long time. In a perfect world, she would be writing long novels that sell millions of copies and are required reading in high schools around the country. She would give talks at writers’ festivals and be invited onto on painfully intellectual ABC-TV shows about books. Until that day comes, her fans – of which there should be many – will have to make do with these brief-but-beautiful self-published tales. These were all sent to me in one batch.
Bunny Men is a very short chapbook detailing Tamara’s encounter with two old men collecting food for their rabbits. It is simple, raw, honest. Perfect.
Anti-Journey studies the little joys of a day spent with good friends doing carefree, fun things together.
Tonight, Everybody In The Street! is a harrowing tale – as told to Tamara – of a free-spirited Spanish woman’s refusal to let a brutal crime destroy her love of life. A tremendously powerful short story that ends on a powerful, uplifting note.
Walnuts, Almonds, Nuts is about a tourist’s in Macedonia, love, confusion, misunderstandings, anger…and nuts. Lots and lots of nuts. It’s odd, yet oddly sweet.
‘Well, That Was Weird’ collects “some very short stories”. And, yes, they are weird.
To order these zines (and others not reviewed here), write to Tamara Lazaroff, PO Box 6148, St Lucia, Qld, 6148, AUSTRALIA or email taazan@hotmail.com.