War Against the Ungulates single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 War Against the Ungulates
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  • Author's note: 'I wrote this piece in response to the 2001 Foot-and-Mouth outbreak in the United Kingdom. Images of the destruction by burning of thousands of sheep and cattle carcasses dominated the British news at the time. As the army was entrusted with this action, it appeared very much like a war against hoofed animals (hence the story's title)...'

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    y separately published work icon Heat A Dodo Idiom no. 17 (New Series) 2008 Z1525864 2008 periodical issue 2008 pg. 159-168
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories 2008 Delia Falconer (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535129 2008 anthology short story (taught in 1 units) 'Australian short fiction is where the action is: outward-looking, exciting, filled with surprises and joyful life. Delia Falconer In The Best Australian Stories 2008, Delia Falconer brings together the year's most exciting short fiction. Featuring established masters as well as fresh new voices, this is a perfect book for summer and an ideal introduction to Australia's best contemporary writing. 'As a reader,' Delia Falconer writes, 'I crave what the short story is most suited to deliver: a glimpse into the unpredictability of life, a quick burst of tone and voice, a bittersweet balance of surprising layers.' By turns global and domestic, subversively funny and wrenchingly sad, this year's Best Australian Stories delivers this, and more.' (Publication summary) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 pg. 224-233
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