Minimum of Two

Blurb

Minimum Of Two is a volume of short stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
It is an anthology which consists of 14 short stories:
Forest Winter*
No Memory Comes
Gravity*
The Water Was Dark
Nilsam's Friend*
Minimum Of Two
Distant Lands
Laps
Bay Of Angels*
The Strong One*
Holding
More*
Death Belongs To The Dead, His Father Told Him, And Sadness To The Sad
Blood And Water*
Stories marked with * indicate stories which feature the recurring characters Jerra, Rachel and Sam Nilsam.
Although many of the stories do not contain references to any particular setting, it is most likely that all stories in the anthology are set in Perth, Western Australia, around the late 20th century.
Most of the stories deal with relationships which are placed under hardship and stress, it also deals with the theme of men and masculinity. They are written in a minimalist style typical of Tim Winton.
Perhaps the most prominent theme throughout all the stories is not necessarily the adversity these people are placed under, but the way in which they react to the problems confronting them.