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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Wisdom
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A queer fable.

Bernhard is the tough ex-juggler with rheumatism in his fingers and suspicion in his heart. Jenny is the aboriginal [sic] girl who shares his space and lives somewhere else entirely. When they want a child, the Gods give them Sophia - neither boy nor girl. Maybe not even human. This is the wisdom they seek and the different wisdom they find.

(Source: back cover)

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Unspecified mental and physical disabilities.
    Type of character Secondary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: BlackWattle Press , 1995 .
      Extent: 128p.
      Note/s:
      • Series indication on back cover: Contemporary Australian Gay Fiction
      ISBN: 1875243186 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Shorts Marian Favel Clair Eldridge , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 171 1995; (p. 66)

— Review of Wisdom Rae Desmond Jones , 1995 single work novel ; Re-Telling the Tale : Poetry and Prose by Greek-Australian Women Writers 1994 anthology short story drama extract poetry ; My Eyes Are Not Blue Patrick Hanrahan , 1995 single work novel ; Visible Ink : An Anthology of New Writing 1995 anthology poetry short story
The Getting of Wisdom Elaine Lindsay , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 June 1995; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Last Real Cirkus : A Faintly Futuristic Fairy Tale Bridie Bottari , 1995 single work novel ; Wisdom Rae Desmond Jones , 1995 single work novel
The Getting of Wisdom Elaine Lindsay , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 June 1995; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Last Real Cirkus : A Faintly Futuristic Fairy Tale Bridie Bottari , 1995 single work novel ; Wisdom Rae Desmond Jones , 1995 single work novel
Shorts Marian Favel Clair Eldridge , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 171 1995; (p. 66)

— Review of Wisdom Rae Desmond Jones , 1995 single work novel ; Re-Telling the Tale : Poetry and Prose by Greek-Australian Women Writers 1994 anthology short story drama extract poetry ; My Eyes Are Not Blue Patrick Hanrahan , 1995 single work novel ; Visible Ink : An Anthology of New Writing 1995 anthology poetry short story
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