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y separately published work icon Alien Son selected work   short story   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 Alien Son
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'Alien Son, in simple yet rich language, is the story of a Russian family settling in Australia in the years before the first World War.  Waten tells of life in his home, among the family's Jewish friends, among his new Australian playmates, on his father's bottle-o rounds - of their hopes, despairs, the comedies and tragedies - all told with the warmth, understanding, and sometimes lack of understanding, that is felt by a child finding himself between the two worlds.  His attempts to reconcile the demands of these two worlds rarely meet with success; often they end in situations that are at once poignantly sad and humorous.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Australian Classics ed.).

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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To a Country Town, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 1-21)
The Theatre, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 22-34)
Looking for a Husband, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 35-58)
On a Bottle-Cart, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 59-68)
Big Events, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 69-78)
Sisters, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 79-85)
Uncle Isaac, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 86-102)
Father's Horses, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 103-114)
Neighbours, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 115-132)
Black Girl in the Street, Judah Waten , single work short story (p. 133-143)
Note: With title: Black Girl
Near the Wharves, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 144-155)
Making a Living, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 156-167)
Mother, Judah Waten , single work short story (p. 168-186)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1952 .
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      Extent: 186p.
      Note/s:
      • Acknowledgement: Some parts of this book were printed in Coast to Coast, The Bulletin and Meanjin, to which publications the author makes due acknowledgement.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Sun Books , 1965 .
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      Extent: 188p.
      Reprinted: 1967 , 1978 , 1976 , 1970 , 1968 , 1988 , 1985 , 1981
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1990 .
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      Extent: 196p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by David Carter (v-xvi).
      ISBN: 0207166315
    • Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan , 1993 .
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      Extent: 188p.
      Note/s:
      • Picador edition.
      ISBN: 0330273760
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730404
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books ; Untapped , 2022 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 164p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 September 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281525
Alternative title: Iho no musuko : Aru Yudaya-jin imin oyako no monogatari
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Keiso Shobo ,
      1991 .
      Extent: 225p.
      ISBN: 4326851155

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  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Remembering Transcultural Childhoods : Morris Lurie and Judah Waten Mary Besemeres , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 33-45)
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel Graham Nowland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158)
Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Writing About the Migrant Experience Deborah Stone , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 21 October vol. 72 no. 4 2005; (p. 20)

— Review of Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
New Places, Old Memories Elisa Morera de la Vall , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83)
y separately published work icon A Career in Writing : Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career David Carter , Toowoomba : Association for the Study of Australian Literature , 1997 Z159609 1997 single work criticism
Writing About the Migrant Experience Deborah Stone , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 21 October vol. 72 no. 4 2005; (p. 20)

— Review of Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Classic Collection Reclaims Our Neglected Riches Laurie Clancy , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 20-21 October 1990; (p. 5)

— Review of Waterway Eleanor Dark , 1938 single work novel ; My Brilliant Career [and] My Career Goes Bung Miles Franklin , 1990 selected work novel ; Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel ; Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Range of New Releases and Old Gems Veronica Sen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 October 1990; (p. 27)

— Review of Waterway Eleanor Dark , 1938 single work novel ; The Boy Adeodatus : The Portrait of a Lucky Young Bastard Bernard Smith , 1984 single work autobiography ; Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Jewish Stories 1952 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 October vol. 73 no. 3791 1952; (p. 2)

— Review of Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Untitled Ken Levis , 1952 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 11 no. 4 1952; (p. 414-415)

— Review of Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel Graham Nowland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158)
Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
y separately published work icon Judah Waten Interviewed by Hazel de Berg Hazel de Berg (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1960 18411584 1960 single work interview Waten speaks about his book Alien Son ; the similarities between the novel and his own life in Australia ; Waten reads an extract from 'Mother' (Libraries Australia record).
Remembering Transcultural Childhoods : Morris Lurie and Judah Waten Mary Besemeres , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 33-45)
New Places, Old Memories Elisa Morera de la Vall , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83)
Before the Migrant Writer: Judah Waten and the Shaping of a Literary Career David Carter , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Striking Chords : Multicultural Literary Interpretations 1992; (p. 101-110)
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