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Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 The Young Wife
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'Anna, a young Cypriot, has been found a husband, Yannis, in faraway Australia. Their love grows, but it is complicated by the wife's involvement with Yannis' rich brother, their fiercely traditional mother, and a young artist.'

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Adaptations

y separately published work icon The Young Wife : A Play David Martin , 1966 s.l. : David Martin , 1966-1969 Z22740 1966 single work drama
form y separately published work icon The Young Wife Linda Aronson , Oscar Whitbread (director), Australia : ABC Television , 29515597 single work film/TV A young Greek-Cypriot woman moves to Melbourne in the 1950s to take part in an arranged marriage. There she becomes entangled in a web of tragedy. Potently-acted adaptation of David Martin's novel.

Notes

  • Dedication: For my brother.
  • Author's note: My gratitude for generous help goes to Mrs Marjorie O’Brien, Mrs Iris Gunner, Mrs Claire Balding and Mr Michael Michaelides of Melbourne.
  • Epigraph: Like children upon Christmas day we go. Seeking a hand in which to lay our present, But every hand already holds its present, And every hand denies us and says no. In deepest woe we cry to every hand: O take from us this riches, our burden. But every hand already has its burden, And like poor misers we are left to stand Until our gift becomes the heavy stone Of a wide world of love we mutely carry. Out of the grief a voice calls: All must carry Their stone of love, and carry it alone. Out of the grief a voice cries: Understand How each is martyred by his bitter longing. Will you not comfort someone's bitter longing, Yield your own gift and open wide your hand? And we make answer: How shall we be free If none will save us from this fierce compassion? If every hand must guard its fierce compassion— As they are their own prisoners, so are we. Then there is laughter in the core of grief: Find your own judgement in your mind-made riddle. The unborn grave is keeper of your riddle. Is there a rose that does not love its leaf? No hand will take your present and forgive, For each would be the giver of his hunger. Sweeter than death, this self-devouring hunger. O love the stone in your own hand, and live. - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
  • Prior to official shortlists being publicly released, The Young Wife was discussed as a notable entry to the 1962 Miles Franklin Award. (Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104250851searchTerm=miles%20franklin%20award)

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Includes Martin's poem 'The Gift'.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Macmillan ,       1962 .
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      Extent: 276p.
      Reprinted: 1962
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Sun Books , 1966 .
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      Extent: 238p.
      Reprinted: 1971
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922749482
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books ; Untapped , 2022 .
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      Extent: 296p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 October 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761280979
Alternative title: Mlada zena v Melbourne
Language: Czech
    • Prague,
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      Czech Republic,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Práce ,       1973 .
      Extent: 266p.
      Reprinted: 1975
      Note/s:
      • Includes a Czech translation of Martin's poem 'The Gift'.
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Works about this Work

Against the Run of Play : The Emergence of Australian Soccer Literature Paul Mavroudis , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: The International Journal of the History of Sports , vol. 30 no. 5 2013; (p. 484-499)

'The creative writing thematising soccer in Australia, Australian soccer literature, is a marginal literary genre, though it is not as marginal as many critics and discussions would have it. Drawing on materials spanning from the late nineteenth century until the present, this paper examines the diversity of themes and sources found in Australian soccer literature. It attempts to establish a historical narrative based upon the extant texts, and in this context the paper unearths long-forgotten passages, often hidden within larger texts dealing with other issues. In short, this paper adds to the threadbare coverage of Australian soccer literature in the fields of Australian literature dealing with sport, as well to bibliographical listings found in critical works dealing with Australian soccer. While noting the apparent isolation between the various works of Australian soccer literature, this paper also notes the broader trends that the majority of the works contribute to.'

Source: Article abstract.
David Martin : A Seminal and Prolific Australian Author Annette R. Corkhill , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 22 October vol. 60 no. 6 1993; (p. 10)
y separately published work icon Old Worlds and the New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience Janis Wilton , Richard Bosworth , Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin Books , 1984 Z1475285 1984 single work non-fiction This work contains a very brief (p.134-137) account of the place of non-Australian born and first generation authors in the Australian cultural landscape in the early 1980s.
The Image of the Greek in Australian Literature M. Byron Raizis , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 115-132)
Where Does a Man Belong? : David Martin and His Work Nancy Keesing , 1976 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 63 1976; (p. 10-13,15)
Book Reviews E. J. Stormon , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , Summer vol. 17 no. 1962; (p. 177-9)
— Review of The Young Wife David Martin , 1962 single work novel
Fiction Chronicle Kylie Tennant , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 21 no. 4 1962; (p. 505-509)
— Review of The Hollow Woodheap David Forrest , 1962 single work novel ; The Well Dressed Explorer Thea Astley , 1962 single work novel ; The Country of Marriage Jon Cleary , 1962 single work novel ; The Cruel Field John Naish , 1962 single work novel ; The World Turned Upside Down Donald McLean , 1962 single work novel ; La Bora Philip Jones , 1961 single work novel ; The River and the Brook Nancy Phelan , 1962 single work novel ; The Hive of Glass James Martin , A. E. Martin , 1962 single work novel ; March into Morning : A Novel Ron Tullipan , 1962 single work novel ; Down the Golden Mile Stuart Gore , 1962 single work novel ; The Young Wife David Martin , 1962 single work novel ; In My Lady's Chamber : A Novel Juliet Rolleston , 1962 single work novel
Arranged Bride Alan Davies , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 15 December 1962; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Hive of Glass James Martin , A. E. Martin , 1962 single work novel ; The Young Wife David Martin , 1962 single work novel
A Stone of Love Nancy Keesing , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 July vol. 84 no. 4300 1962; (p. 39-40)
— Review of The Young Wife David Martin , 1962 single work novel
In a New Land J. S. Ryan , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 22 no. 3 1962; (p. 175-177)
— Review of The Young Wife David Martin , 1962 single work novel
y separately published work icon Old Worlds and the New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience Janis Wilton , Richard Bosworth , Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin Books , 1984 Z1475285 1984 single work non-fiction This work contains a very brief (p.134-137) account of the place of non-Australian born and first generation authors in the Australian cultural landscape in the early 1980s.
The Image of Reality in Our Writing John McLaren , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter-Spring no. 27-28 1963; (p. 43-47) Twentieth Century Australian Literary Criticism 1967; (p. 235-244)
The Image of the Greek in Australian Literature M. Byron Raizis , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 115-132)
David Martin : A Seminal and Prolific Australian Author Annette R. Corkhill , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 22 October vol. 60 no. 6 1993; (p. 10)
Where Does a Man Belong? : David Martin and His Work Nancy Keesing , 1976 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 63 1976; (p. 10-13,15)
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