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Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 The Sponge Divers
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  • Also published in sound recording format.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Indianapolis, Indiana,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Bobbs-Merrill ,       1955 .
      Alternative title: The Sea and the Stone
      Extent: 366p.
      Note/s:
      • With title: The Sea and the Stone
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Collins ,       1955 .
      Extent: 318p.
      Reprinted: 1964 , 1956
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Fontana ,       1971 .
      Extent: 285p.
      ISBN: 0006128076 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Sphoungarades apo ten Kalymno
Language: Greek
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Works about this Work

Friday Essay : ‘The Problem Is That My Success Seems to Get in His Way’ – The Fraught Terrain of Literary Marriages Kerrie Davies , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 23 June 2023;
Three Ways of Looking at Kalymnos : Charmian Clift’s Differing Versions of One Greek Island Shilo Previti , Jamie Walters , David Roessel , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019; 'In 1951, married Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, feeling stifled by postwar conservatism, left Sydney behind to find a more ‘authentic’ way of living. They went first to London, the mecca for Australian literary expatriates, where there was no shortage of work and culture, but where they quickly felt trapped by the ‘rat-race’ mentality of a modern city. So in 1954 they left again, this time for the Greek islands, disposing of material possessions and cutting many of their personal ties. Hoping for a permanent shift from mundane to romantic, they embraced the shining ideals offered by Greek island life: other-worldly beauty; ‘simple’ Greek lifestyles, and freedom from the many pressures of the ‘real’ world.' (Introduction)
Charmain Clift Kay Saunders , 2011 single work biography
— Appears in: Notorious Australian Women 2011; (p. 232-245)
Clift's Gifts: Rich Imagery and Sharp Observation Rosemary Wighton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 July 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
Revisiting the Worlds of Charmian Clift Ian McFarlane , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1992; (p. C9)
— Review of Peel Me a Lotus Charmian Clift , 1959 single work autobiography ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel ; Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose
Revisiting the Worlds of Charmian Clift Ian McFarlane , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1992; (p. C9)
— Review of Peel Me a Lotus Charmian Clift , 1959 single work autobiography ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel ; Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose
Clift's Gifts: Rich Imagery and Sharp Observation Rosemary Wighton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 July 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
Descriptive Talents Don Edwards , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 November 1956; (p. 15)
— Review of The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
The Sponge Divers 1957 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 January vol. 78 no. 4016 1957; (p. 2)
— Review of The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
Charmain Clift Kay Saunders , 2011 single work biography
— Appears in: Notorious Australian Women 2011; (p. 232-245)
Three Ways of Looking at Kalymnos : Charmian Clift’s Differing Versions of One Greek Island Shilo Previti , Jamie Walters , David Roessel , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019; 'In 1951, married Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, feeling stifled by postwar conservatism, left Sydney behind to find a more ‘authentic’ way of living. They went first to London, the mecca for Australian literary expatriates, where there was no shortage of work and culture, but where they quickly felt trapped by the ‘rat-race’ mentality of a modern city. So in 1954 they left again, this time for the Greek islands, disposing of material possessions and cutting many of their personal ties. Hoping for a permanent shift from mundane to romantic, they embraced the shining ideals offered by Greek island life: other-worldly beauty; ‘simple’ Greek lifestyles, and freedom from the many pressures of the ‘real’ world.' (Introduction)
Friday Essay : ‘The Problem Is That My Success Seems to Get in His Way’ – The Fraught Terrain of Literary Marriages Kerrie Davies , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 23 June 2023;
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