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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Tamarisk Row
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    • London,
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      Arkon Paperbacks ,
      1977 .
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      Extent: 188p.
      ISBN: 0207134499
      Series: Arkon Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1972 series - publisher Arkon is a paperback reprint imprint of the Australian publisher Angus and Robertson. The series was launched in 1972 to be merchandised in connection with T. V. series and involved the cartoonist Patrick Cook.
    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Sirius Books , 1988 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 188p.
      ISBN: 0207160236 (pbk.)
      Series: Sirius Books Sirius Quality Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), series - publisher
    • Sheffield, South Yorkshire,
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      And Other Stories ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 281p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 22 January 2019
      ISBN: 9781911508366
    • Artarmon, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Giramondo Publishing , 2008 .
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      By permission of Giramondo Publishing
      Extent: x, 285p.p.
      Edition info: This edition restores the final two sections of Tamarisk Row as originally written.
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      • Published for the Writing & Society Research Group, University of Western Sydney.
      ISBN: 9781920882396 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Giramondo Classic Reprints Giramondo Publishing (publisher), 2008- Z1480097 2008 series - publisher

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Constellational Form in Gerald Murnane Louis Klee , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel 2023; (p. 148-162)

'This chapter explores “constellational form” in Gerald Murnane. It argues that the key continuity in Murnane’s work lies in his associative way of writing, and analyzes the motivations and philosophical convictions underlying this form. It traces these formal continuities across Murnanes work, from his early novel Tamarisk Row (1974) through to his post-hiatus fictions up to Border Districts (2017). It also considers Murnanes “idealism” and probes how this underpins his unique understanding of the ontology of characterological beings and the relationship between implied author and reader.' (Publication abstract)

y separately published work icon Grounded Visionary : The Mystic Fictions of Gerald Murnane Brendan McNamee , Oxford : Peter Lang , 2019 22038132 2019 multi chapter work criticism

'Grounded Visionary: The Mystic Fictions of Gerald Murnane is a reading of Australian writer Gerald Murnane’s fiction in the light of what is known as the Perennial Philosophy, a philosophical tradition that positions itself as the mystical foundation of all the world’s religions and spiritual systems. The essential tenet of that philosophy is that at a fundamental level all of life is a unity―consciousness and world are the same thing―and that it is possible, if extremely difficult, for the discriminating individual mind to experience this wholeness. Murnane’s work can be seen not to take its lead from writings in this philosophical tradition but rather to resonate with many of them through Murnane’s unique artistic expression of his experience of the world. The crux of the argument is that beneath their yearnings for landscapes and love, Murnane’s narrators and chief characters are all in search of the essential unity that the Perennial Philosophy postulates.

'Taking its cue from Murnane’s self-description as a "technical writer," this book examines each of the author’s works in detail to reveal how structures and themes are seamlessly woven together to create artworks that shimmer with mystery while at the same time remaining thoroughly grounded in the actual.

'Grounded Visionary is the first full-length study of Gerald Murnane’s work to tackle head-on his underlying mystical sensibility and is also the first to deal comprehensively with the author’s complete fictional output from Tamarisk Row to Border Districts. This book will be of interest to all lovers of modern literature and will be of special interest to students of Australian literature and those concerned with the interface between art and spirituality.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

I Had No Imagination Christian Lorentzen , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 4 April vol. 41 no. 7 2019; (p. 31-32)

— Review of Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel ; Border Districts Gerald Murnane , 2017 single work novel

'Gerald Murnane was named after a racehorse. His father, Reginald, was a front man for Teddy Estershank, a professional punter who was banned from being a licensed trainer or registered owner of horses by racecourses around Melbourne. Estershank, an ‘evil genius’ according to Murnane, used friends like Reginald as dummy owners for the horses he bought, trained and bet on. The ‘equine Gerald’ and later a horse called Geraldo were nominally owned by Reginald and sold when, after a win or two, they proved disappointments. (They became reliable winners for their new owners.) Reginald’s death, when his disappointing son was 21, was liberating for Murnane, though liberation took a while. Tamarisk Row, a novel about the nine-year-old son of a front man for a professional punter, took ten years to write. It appeared in Australia in 1974, when Murnane was 35.'  (Introduction)

Words and Silk : Gerald Murnane at the Cinema Stefan Soloman , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 29 no. 2 2015; (p. 293-320)
'Adrian Martin, one of Australia’s eminent voices in film criticism, once asserted that Philip Tyndall’s Words and Silk was "one of my all-time favourite Australian films." However, this hybrid documentary, focusing on the writer Gerald Murnane, has seen very little attention since its release in 1989, and that in spite of a recent spate of interest in Murnane’s work. As a writer of "true fiction," Murnane has been motivated from the start of his career by a "succession of images," and indeed, many of his novels owe a certain debt to motion pictures. In this essay, I discuss the relation of cinema to Murnane’s writing, considering how Tyndall’s film might serve as a useful means for interpreting Murnane’s oeuvre, and how it might be evaluated as a work of cinematic art in its own right.. (Source: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/antipodes/vol29/iss2/10/ )
How I Went from Hating to Loving and Collecting the Books of Gerald Murnane Frank Carleton , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , March-June no. 365/366 2010; (p. 10-15)
'I have bought two Gerald Murnane first edition books: Tamarisk Row, his first novel, published in Melbourne in 1974 by Heinemann, and Velvet Waters, his sixth book, a collection of short stories published by McPhee Gribble in 1990. The following will tell how I got into Murnane.' (p. 10)
Murnane Gets Back to the Starting Stalls Owen Richardson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 March 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel
Gem of a Novel Dusted Off Imre Salusinszky , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 April 2008; (p. 40)

— Review of Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel
On the Occasion of Reading Seven Australian Book Length Pieces of Fiction (at least) Garrie Hutchinson , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Makar , December vol. 11 no. 3 1975; (p. 42-51)

— Review of Johnno : A Novel David Malouf , 1975 single work novel ; A Place Among People Rodney Hall , 1975 single work novel ; The Short Story Embassy : A Novel Michael Wilding , 1975 single work novel ; The West Midland Underground : Stories Michael Wilding , 1975 selected work short story ; Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel ; A Collapsible Man Laurie Clancy , 1975 single work novel ; Contemporary Portraits and Other Stories Murray Bail , 1975 selected work short story
Cowan, Porter, Vondra, Murnane Garry Engwerder , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 60 1975; (p. 87-88)

— Review of Fredo Fuss Love Life : Short Stories Hal Porter , 1974 selected work short story ; Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel ; Paul Zwilling : A Novel Josef Gert Vondra , 1974 single work novel ; The Tins and Other Stories Peter Cowan , 1973 selected work short story
Mirrors and Backward Glances : Some Recent Autobiographical Novels Ray Ericksen , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 35 no. 3 1976; (p. 330-333)

— Review of Johnno : A Novel David Malouf , 1975 single work novel ; A Collapsible Man Laurie Clancy , 1975 single work novel ; Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane , 1974 single work novel ; Early Promise D. R. Burns , 1975 single work novel
Gerald Murnane : Exploring the Real Country Paul Genoni , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction 2004; (p. 145-194)
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : The Child Constructs the World Robert Kenny , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 25-27)
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : Lifetime in Real Australia Robert Kenny , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 28-29)
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : The Inland Sea Robert Kenny , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 32-36)
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : The City of Dreams and the Sexuality of Illusion Robert Kenny , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 36-38)
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