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'The fifth Almanac is another collection of outstanding short fiction from new and established writers in Australia. ' (Publication summary)
Collingwood:Sleepers Publishing,2009
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2009
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pg.109-120
Appears in:
yThe Best Australian Stories 2009Delia Falconer
(editor),
Melbourne:Black Inc.,2009Z16520082009anthology short story extract (taught in 2 units)'After searching high and low for the year's outstanding short fiction, Delia Falconer has selected masterful stories from some of the country's best-loved authors and exciting work from the up-and-coming. 'Stories don't have the novel's luxury of great swathes of time, its layerings, its wanderings, its counterpoints,' she observes. 'Instead, they must cut to the bone straightaway ... Sometimes they capture a shift in a whole world; at other times they put into words a mood or tone that we might not have seen, until it appears so beautifully before us. ' With their wry humor, quiet intensity and elegant economy, these stories display Australian writing at its diverse, unpredictable best.' (Publication summary)Melbourne:Black Inc.,2009