y separately published work icon Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters selected work   short story   prose   extract   correspondence   criticism   interview   biography   humour  
Is part of UQP Australian Authors 1993 series - publisher UQP Paperbacks 1992 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Miss Tanaka, Xavier Herbert , single work short story humour
Two wealthy Japanese pearl divers battle for the affections of a Japanese girl who has recently moved to Darwin.
 (p. 5-15)
Kaijek the Songman, Xavier Herbert , single work short story
Kaijek wanders the bush hoping to be inspired to invent a song which he must soon perform at a corroboree. Inspiration comes when he is rewarded with tobacco for finding gold for a white prospector.
 (p. 16-22)
My Thousandth Death, Xavier Herbert , single work short story (p. 23-33)
Capricornia (from Capricornia), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 39-86)
The Little Widow (from The Little Widow), Xavier Herbert , extract (p. 95-100)
Seven Emus (from Seven Emus), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 105-109)
Soldiers' Women (from Soldiers' Women), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 115-134)
Disturbing Element (from Disturbing Element), Xavier Herbert , extract autobiography (p. 137-143)
Poor Fellow My Country (from Poor Fellow My Country), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 149-192)
Me and My Shadow (from Me and My Shadow), Xavier Herbert , extract (p. 195-200)
Autobiographical Letter, Xavier Herbert , single work prose (p. 205-206)
Interview by W.J. Miles, W. J. Miles (interviewer), single work interview (p. 210-211)
Autobiographette, Xavier Herbert , single work criticism (p. 212-214)
Interview by Peter Corris : Townsville, 22 May 1979, Peter Corris (interviewer), single work interview biography (p. 229-237)
Xavier Herbert : Letters and Literary Logs, Xavier Herbert , single work correspondence (p. 243-277)
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