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Quadrant
vol.
49
no.
1-2
January-February
2005
Z1171430
2005
periodical issue
2005
pg.
88-98
Note: Dedication not included in this source.
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The Best Australian Stories 2006
Robert Drewe
(editor),
Melbourne
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Black Inc.
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2006
Z1325846
2006
anthology
short story
extract
Melbourne
:
Black Inc.
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2006
pg.
280-297
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Gravel
Camberwell
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Hamish Hamilton
,
2010
Z1660106
2010
selected work
short story
The characters in this collection of stories, which comprises six shorter and two longer pieces, want things that run counter to their sense of themselves. They are drawn outside their comfort zone into situations that are sometimes amusing, sometimes undignifying, never quite what they expect.
Thus, for example, a contented woman finds herself considering a bizarre sexual invitation that just days before filled her with scorn. A mediocre man is pulled into a strange dance with his stalker. A father gives his daughter a Christmas present with a disturbing history. An ugly sports parent plays a game of ridiculous chance. A young boy's music lesson offers him a discordant insight into adult behaviour. And in a primal tale about the borderline between animals and humans, death is horrifyingly not the end of the story. (Adapted from Trove)
Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2010 pg. 13-41
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The Best Australian Stories : A Ten Year Collection
Collingwood
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Black Inc.
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2011
Z1771915
2011
anthology
short story
(taught in 1 units)
Collingwood
:
Black Inc.
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2011
pg.
146-161
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Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men
Black Inc.
(editor),
Collingwood
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Black Inc.
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2015
8700359
2015
anthology
short story
'Where There's Smoke presents outstanding short fiction by Australia's finest male writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary.
'A man sleeps at the site of a massacre and wakes refreshed. An unassuming piano tuner is sent off to contribute to the war effort. A woman with Alzheimer's is dragged along by her interfering son to visit Uluru.
'Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can.
'Chris Womersley Murray Bail Tim Winton Rodney Hall David Malouf Tony Birch Shane Maloney Ryan O'Neill Nam Le Kim Scott
'and many more' (Publication summary)
Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2015
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