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y separately published work icon Duckness selected work   short story   satire   humour  
Is part of Approximate Life Tim Richards , 1996 series - author short story novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Duckness
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Notes

  • Epigraph: The great question of the twentieth (century) is the co-existence of different concepts of time. Sunless, Chris Marker
  • Epigraph: The quantum world is almost timeless. Things don't seem to happen in sequence. Everything is about relationship, ebbing and flowing together. It becomes unreal to talk about before and after: you can't say that this happened before that happened. 'Quantum Physics and Motherhood', Danah Zohar

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Duckness, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 1-14)
Dido, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 15-22)
Steve Waugh (Or the Five Minutes Between 3:25 and 3:30), Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 23-27)
Cloudy Days in Velesk, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 29-41)
The Impermanence of Things, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 43-52)
Gavin's Method, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 53-65)
Packing Death : A Morbid Triptych, Tim Richards , single work short story satire (p. 67-80)
The Stray Black Dog, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 81-93)
An Evening with Boo Radley, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 95-112)
Forever, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 113-117)
Criminal History, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 119-134)
Still Life with Lamingtons, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 135-162)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 162p.
      ISBN: 1864487615
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Approximate Life : The Prince and Other Stories Tim Richards , Balmain : Ligature , 2021 23611325 2021 selected work short story

    'Approximate Life: The Prince and Other Stories brings together three acclaimed collections for the first time. Letters to Francesca (1996), The Prince (1997) and Duckness (1998) range across forms, from short story to novella and screenplay, and from surrealism to hyperreality-connected by common characters as well as themes of identity, authenticity and artifice. They are playful and poignant, satirical and serious, with echoes of Borges and Calvino grounded in a distinctly Australian perspective.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

         Balmain : Ligature , 2021
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Works about this Work

Autobiography and Fiction Mix Lars Ahlström , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 121-122)
— Review of Letters to Francesca : October, 1984-October, 1994 Tim Richards , 1996 selected work short story ; The Prince Tim Richards , 1997 single work novel ; Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story
Quirky and Enigmatic Gail Jones , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story
Diary of Discovery O Murray Waldren , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 July 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story ; The Eye of Paradise : A Book of Stories Moses Aaron , 1998 selected work short story
Diary of Discovery O Murray Waldren , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 July 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story ; The Eye of Paradise : A Book of Stories Moses Aaron , 1998 selected work short story
Quirky and Enigmatic Gail Jones , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story
Autobiography and Fiction Mix Lars Ahlström , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 121-122)
— Review of Letters to Francesca : October, 1984-October, 1994 Tim Richards , 1996 selected work short story ; The Prince Tim Richards , 1997 single work novel ; Duckness Tim Richards , 1998 selected work short story
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