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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; preface; camouflage; two wrecks; the white hole of bombay; love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice; the lap pool; still here; dust; the meaning of life; speak to me; hurricane season; the intimacy of the table; mate; shooting the dog; cold snap; fox unpopuli; la moustiquaire; dry land; today on dr phil; act fifteen; onionskinny; the book of howard h; possessed by the god; on the splice; in formation; lorraine bracco; ain't no ordinary ham; aquifer; cloud busting; reading madame bovary; the new dark age |
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Motel morning-starany dog; the enemies of happiness; escargot postel; the eunuch in the harem; repossession; the boy's name was david; first publication details; notes on contributors |
| Summary |
The best of the best ... This essential book takes a decade of Best Australian Stories and selects the most outstanding short fiction by the country's finest writers. These stories range widely in style and subject matter: there is drama and comedy, subtlety and extravagance, tales of suspense, love, fantasy, grief and revenge. Together they showcase the strength and diversity of Australian fiction at its very best. Contributors include: Murray Bail, Dorothy Johnston, Anna Krien, Patrick Cullen, Nicholas Shakespeare, Nam Le, Robert Drewe, Mandy Sayer, Paddy O'Reilly, Janette Turner Hospital, Delia |
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Short stories, Australian -- 21st century
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Australian fiction.
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Australian fiction.
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Short stories, Australian.
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| Genre/Form |
short stories.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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Nouvelles.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Black Inc
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| ISBN |
9781921870163 |
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1921870168 |
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