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y separately published work icon A Country Too Far : Writings on Asylum Seekers anthology   autobiography   biography   poetry   short story   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 A Country Too Far : Writings on Asylum Seekers
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin Books , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Rosie Scott , single work essay

In this introduction, Rosie Scott discuss the ideas and concepts behind the publication of A Country Too Far.

 (p. 1-4)
Moonlight, Rodney Hall , single work short story (p. 5-13)
The Singer and the Silence, Geraldine Brooks , single work prose (p. 14-16)
Homelandi"My beautiful cities", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 17-20)
While the Drum Beats, 'Stop the Boats', Elliot Perlman , single work autobiography (p. 21-24)
The Master Shavers' Association of Paradise, Debra Adelaide , single work short story (p. 25-39)
The True Story of My Father, Sue Woolfe , single work autobiography (p. 40-60)
Exodusi"In such a time as this when multitudes", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 61)
From : The People Smuggler, Robin De Crespigny , extract biography (p. 62-68)
The Stranger, Christos Tsiolkas , single work short story (p. 69-77)
The Garden, Denise Leith , single work autobiography (p. 77-89)
Obligation to Need, Raimond Gaita , single work autobiography
'Some Australian's are deeply saddened by the hotility that many of their fellow Australians have shown towards asylum seekers. Confronted with the aggressive nationalism that such hostility often expresses, some people never again want to hear talk of love of country. Even if there can be such love, not corrupted by what Ghassan Hage calls 'paranoid nationalism', they believe it is so rare and its distortions which are all too often murderous sos many, that it should be discouraged.' (Author's introduction)
 (p. 90-102)
The Ocean, Gail Jones , single work short story (p. 103-109)
Immigrant Voyagei"My wife came out on the Goya", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 110-115)
Zahra's Lullaby, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 116-126)
Camp Ahitereria, New Zealand, Stephanie Johnson , single work prose (p. 127-140)
A Fantasy of Sand and Sea, Kim Scott , single work essay (p. 141-148)
From : Half a Lifetime, Judith Wright , extract autobiography (p. 149-153)
The Company of Loversi"We meet and part now over all the world;", Judith Wright , single work poetry war literature (p. 154)
Tender Mercies, Rosie Scott , single work short story (p. 155-162)
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