Morris Lurie Morris Lurie i(A31536 works by)
Also writes as: M. Lurie
Born: Established: 30 Oct 1938 Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 8 Oct 2014 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Jewish ; Polish
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1 y separately published work icon Cleaning the Stables : Thirteen Stories, Sixteen Poems, and a Recipe Morris Lurie , Ormond : Hybrid , 2015 8920973 2015 selected work short story poetry

'Shortly before his death in 2014, an elderly man brought his publisher friend a crumpled purple folder filled with type-written pages. Cleaning the Stables he called it: a selection of stories, poems and a recipe that he didn't want left behind.

'In this posthumous collection we are given a feast of mostly unpublished treasures from the great literary life of Morris Lurie. Written in the wry and ironic style he was celebrated for, these pieces are sometimes odd, always clever, and at times profoundly moving as they give us insight into a man who had a truly unique way of interpreting and writing about the world around him. ' (Publication summary)
1 Archaeology Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 58 no. 11 2014; (p. 98-99)
1 Rappaport and Friedlander Meet in Heaven Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Rappaport Compleat 2014;
1 Rappaport Takes Lunch Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Rappaport Compleat 2014;
1 Rappaport Dragged Over the Coals Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Rappaport Compleat 2014;
1 y separately published work icon Rappaport Compleat Morris Lurie , Melbourne : Hybrid , 2014 7963458 2014 selected work single work novel short story

'This ebook brings together two of Lurie's novels, the comic "Rappaport", which focused on a day in the life of a young Melbourne antique dealer and his immature friend, Friedlander...' (Publication summary)
1 Domicile Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 28 no. 1 2014; (p. 170-171, 256)
1 Two Bites of the Apple Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 58 no. 9 2014; (p. 98-100)
1 2 y separately published work icon Hergesheimer in the Present Tense Morris Lurie , Ormond : Hybrid , 2014 7472391 2014 selected work short story

'Thirty stories in the incomparably distinctive voice of the author whose publishing career started with the comic novel Rappaport. One story starts with "I won a house in a lottery", and proceeds to career seemingly out of control – except it isn’t. Other stories open in equally startling fashion.

'Try: "Hergesheimer flees his marriage in a twenty-four-year-old car …"; "How do you steal from a thief?"; "Show me a man without tantrum and I’ll show you a man without blood"; "The prettiest damsel in many a moon drops a smile in Hergesheimer’s direction, which he, ever the gallant, snatches expertly up, with a bow courteously returns."'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 New Morning Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 58 no. 6 2014; (p. 97-99)
1 Suffer the Children Morris Lurie , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 58 no. 3 2014; (p. 104-105)
1 Homeopathy Morris Lurie , 2013 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 40 2013; (p. 230-240)
1 Blame Morris Lurie , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 57 no. 4 2013; (p. 98-100)
1 Milt Jackson's Mallet Morris Lurie , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 57 no. 10 2013; (p. 129-130)
1 How He Saved Her; His Reward Morris Lurie , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 26 no. 2 2012; (p. 168-169)
1 Ritual Behaviour Morris Lurie , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 56 no. 10 2012; (p. 98-102)
1 Small Suburban Incident Morris Lurie , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 56 no. 6 2012; (p. 95-96)
1 Reading Rekindled? Hold the Front Page! Morris Lurie , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 101-103)
1 4 y separately published work icon Hergesheimer Hangs In Morris Lurie , Kew : Arcadia , 2011 Z1821974 2011 single work novel

'You are an unarmed man in the wilderness being hunted by men with guns and dogs.The ATM business? That number you pulled on the gullible art world? Those anonymous envelopes slipped under the door? Or deeper? Darker? A disappeared daughter? An absent son?

'Your name is Hergesheimer. This is your world. Deal with it.'

Source: www.scholarly.info/ (Sighted 17/11/2011).
1 Benefaction Morris Lurie , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 55 no. 9 2011; (p. 117-119)
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