Minimum Of Two

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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 And It Went Forever Down
• 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 (post-World War II) 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.

Since 2005 the anthology has been included in the VCE reading list, as an option for study by Year 12 English Students.