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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Asian & Pacific Short Stories
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'Readers of Asian & Pacific Short Stories will have the exciting experience of encountering for the first time the recent work of some of Asia's most talented writers. Collected in this anthology are short stories by authors in nine Asian and Pacific countries: Australia, the Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of Vietnam.

'These writers speak in many different languages, and their stories tell of life in places as diverse as the Australian prairie and the Malaysian jungle. The reader will be transported from a ranch in New Zealand to the war-and demonstration-torn streets of Saigon–from a fishing village in Korea to an Australian resort hotel.

'People from many different Asian cultures come to life in these stories: an old woman peddling dumplings in a Thai village; two young New Zealand boys growing up in their own unique ways–one through love, the other through taking responsibility: a Vietnamese mother who thinks she is a failure if she cannot breast feed her children; a Japanese gentlemen whose aristocratic appearance conceals a rather different "real life.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:

    –The Ivory Balls by Peng Ko (Republic of China)

    –Grandma Takes Charge by Lao She (Republic of China)

    –The Death Mask ri Kawabata (Japan)

    –The Moustache by Yoichi Nakagawa (Japan)

    –Seaside Village by 0 Yong-su (Republic of Korea)

    –Shadow by Hahn Moo-sook (Republic of Korea)

    –Poonek by Lim Beng Hap (Malaysia)

    –The Jade Bracelet by Mary Frances Chong (Malaysia)

    –Along Rideout Road That Summer by Maurice Duggan (New Zealand)

    –The Bulls by Roderick Finlayson (New Zealand)

    –The Sea Beyond by N. V. M. Gonzalez (Philippines)

    –The Day the Dancers Came by Bienvenido N. Santos (Philippines)

    –The Grandmother by K. Surangkhanang (Thailand)

    –Champoon by Dhep Maha-Paoraya (Thailand)

    –My Milk Goes Dry by Minh-Quan (Republic of Vietnam)

    –An Unsound Sleep by Nhat-Tien (Republic of Vietnam)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Vermont,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Tokyo, Honshu,
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Japan,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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C. E. Tuttle , 1974 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tractor, Peter Cowan , single work short story
At the Galahad, Hal Porter , single work short story

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Vermont,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      C. E. Tuttle ,
      1974 .
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      Extent: 308p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 June 1974
      ISBN: 9781462912124
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