Joan London Joan London i(A31514 works by) (a.k.a. Joan Elizabeth London)
Born: Established: 1948 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 How Do His Clear Eyes See Me? Joan London , 2020 single work biography
— Appears in: Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020;
1 The Golden Age : Light Joan London , 2017 single work extract
— Appears in: Underline , June no. 3 2017; (p. 14-16)
1 Miles Franklin : Joan London's Extract from The Golden Age : 'It Holds the Seeds of All the Book's Drama' Joan London , 2015 extract novel (The Golden Age)
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 20 June 2015;
1 Fiction from the Inside Sonya Hartnett , Sofie Laguna , Joan London , Christine Piper , Craig Sherborne , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 June 2015; (p. 26-27) The Age , 20 June 2015; (p. 26)
1 Stella Prize 2015: The Shortlisted Authors on the Stories behind Their Books Emily Bitto , Christine Kenneally , Sofie Laguna , Ellen van Neerven , Maxine Beneba Clarke , Joan London , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 April 2015;
6 19 y separately published work icon The Golden Age Joan London , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2014 7617651 2014 single work novel (taught in 1 units)

'This is a story of resilience, the irrepressible, enduring nature of love, and the fragility of life. From one of Australia's most loved novelists.

'He felt like a pirate landing on an island of little maimed animals. A great wave had swept them up and dumped them here. All of them, like him, stranded, wanting to go home.

'It is 1954 and thirteen-year-old Frank Gold, refugee from wartime Hungary, is learning to walk again after contracting polio in Australia. At The Golden Age Children's Polio Convalescent Hospital in Perth, he sees Elsa, a fellow-patient, and they form a forbidden, passionate bond.

'The Golden Age becomes the little world that reflects the larger one, where everything occurs, love and desire, music, death, and poetry. Where children must learn that they are alone, even within their families.

'Written in Joan London's customary clear-eyed prose, The Golden Age evokes a time past and a yearning for deep connection. It is a rare and precious gem of a book from one of Australia's finest novelists. ' (Publication summary)

1 Introduction Joan London , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Watch Tower 2012;
1 The Office Joan London , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Wordlines : Contemporary Australian Writing 2010; (p. 75-121)
1 20 y separately published work icon The Good Parents Joan London , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2008 Z1457091 2008 single work novel

'Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl from the West, comes to live in Melbourne and starts an affair with her boss, the enigmatic Maynard Flynn, whose wife is dying of cancer. When Maya's parents, Toni and Jacob, arrive to stay with her, they are told by her housemate that Maya has gone away and no one knows where she is.

'As Toni and Jacob wait and search for Maya in Melbourne, everything in their lives is brought into question. They recall the yearning and dreams, the betrayals and choices of their pasts - choices with unexpected and irrevocable consequences.

'With Maya's disappearance, the lives of all those close to her come into focus, to reveal the complexity of the ties that bind us to one another, to parents, children, siblings, friends and lovers.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 2 y separately published work icon The New Dark Age Joan London , Sydney : Picador , 2004 Z1109140 2004 selected work short story

'A young singer runs into the desert of gold rush Kalgoorlie; Chagall comes to Paris in the twenties; a hippie couple survey their ideals as Whitlam is deposed; a middle-aged man looks at his life after cancer on the eve of the millennium . . . Fourteen luminous stories from Joan London's award-winning collections, Sister Ships and Letter to Constantine, together with two later stories, span the twentieth century in a volume that is storytelling at its very best.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2018 ed.).

1 Orange for Girls Joan London , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 6)
1 A Stationary Traveller Julie Lewis , Joan London (editor), 2003 extract sequence prose autobiography poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 48 no. 2003; (p. 12-23)
1 How Deep Does the Yellow Sand Go? Joan London , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 20-24)
6 31 y separately published work icon Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2001 Z894113 2001 single work novel (taught in 4 units)

'Gilgamesh is the epic story of a mother's search for the father of her child - from Australia to Armenia via England and Mesopotamia - all under the shadow of the imminent, and soon to be very real, Second World War. Narrated in a clear, poetic voice, it is a portrayal of the different journeys we choose to take through life and what happens when ordinary people get caught up in extraordinary, seismic events.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2018 ed.).

1 The Photographer Joan London , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Risks 1996; (p. 59-80) The New Dark Age 2004; (p. 299-330) An Everyday Transience : The Urban Imaginary of Goldfields Photographer John Joseph Dwyer 2010;
1 13 y separately published work icon Letter to Constantine Joan London , South Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1993 Z188712 1993 selected work short story
1 Maisie Goes to India Joan London , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Letter to Constantine 1993; (p. 122-142) The New Dark Age 2004; (p. 268-296) Of Sadhus and Spinners : Australian Encounters with India 2009; (p. 166-182) Sunscreen and Lipstick 2012; (p. 143-170)
1 The Second Stage Joan London , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Letter to Constantine 1993; (p. 88-102) The New Dark Age 2004; (p. 219-240)
1 Pinch Me, Pinch Me Joan London , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Letter to Constantine 1993; (p. 62-77)
1 The Woman Who Only Answered Yes or No Joan London , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Letter to Constantine 1993; (p. 42-61) The New Dark Age 2004; (p. 177-204)
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