Rose Zwi Rose Zwi i(A27782 works by) (a.k.a. Luosi Ziwei)
Born: Established: 8 May 1928
c
Mexico,
c
Central America, Americas, ; Died: Ceased: Oct 2018 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1988
Heritage: South African ; Jewish
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 House Arrest Rose Zwi , 2002 single work novella
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 127-197)
1 Give a Stone for Bread Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 106-126)
1 The Matriarch Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 95-105)
1 Love, Sara Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 87-94)
1 Conquest of America Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 74-86)
1 Laugh, Kookaburra Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 63-73)
1 Indigenous Man Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 49-62)
1 Carved in Stone Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 35-48)
1 One Single to Boksburg East Rose Zwi , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 18-34)
1 2 y separately published work icon Speak the Truth, Laughing Rose Zwi , North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2002 Z959512 2002 selected work short story novella This collection contains ten short stories about people from different cultures and countries drawn together by a common humanity.
1 A Tale of Two Dogs Rose Zwi , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: A Girl's Best Friend: The Meaning of Dogs in Women's Lives 2001; (p. 186-187) Asia and Pacific Writers Network 2005;
4 1 y separately published work icon Last Walk in Naryshkin Park Rose Zwi , North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 1997 Z968233 1997 single work biography This work provides an account of the author's journey to Lithuania where her father's family was massacred by the Nazis and their helpers in October 1941.
1 Dislocations Rose Zwi , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1993-1994) no. 157 1993; (p. 39-42)
1 9 y separately published work icon Safe Houses Rose Zwi , North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 1993 Z463658 1993 single work novel This story is set in the early 1980s and portrays two white families and one black family living under the apartheid system with little hope of change.
1 Speak the Truth, Laughing Rose Zwi , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: A Snake with Ice Water : Prison Writings by South African Women 1992; Sounding Wings : Stories from South Africa 1994; Speak the Truth, Laughing 2002; (p. 1-17)
1 Stones Rose Zwi , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1991; (p. 81-92)
1 8 y separately published work icon The Umbrella Tree Rose Zwi , Ringwood : Penguin , 1990 Z361018 1990 single work novel This story is set amidst the Soweto uprising in 1976. It explores both black and white resistance to apartheid and their brief meeting point in the shade of an umbrella tree in a rural homeland in South Africa.
1 y separately published work icon Exiles : A Novel Rose Zwi , South Africa : Donker , 1984 Z1286687 1984 single work novel historical fiction This is the third novel of a trilogy. It is set mostly in Israel between 1949-52. The characters who have rejected apartheid in South Africa discover their dreams are not easily attainable.
1 A Lonely Walk to Freedom Rose Zwi , 1983 single work short story
— Appears in: LIP from Southern African Women 1983; Raising the Blinds : A Century of South African Women's Stories 1990;
1 y separately published work icon The Inverted Pyramid Rose Zwi , Johannesburg : Ravan Press , 1981 Z1286684 1981 single work novel historical fiction This is the second novel in a trilogy. This book portrays second generation immigrants living in apartheid in South Africa and wanting to help build a better, equitable society. They plan to live on a kibbutz in Israel where such ideals seem attainable.
X