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Shinchosha (International) assertion Shinchosha i(A102658 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. 新潮社)
Born: Established: 1896 Tokyo, Honshu,
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Japan,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
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13 75 y separately published work icon The Boat Nam Le , Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2008 Z1495449 2008 selected work short story (taught in 42 units)

'In the magnificent opening story, "Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice," a young writer is urged by his friends to mine his father's experiences in Vietnam - and what seems at first a satire on turning one's life into literary commerce becomes a transcendent exploration of homeland, and the ties between father and son. "Cartagena" provides a visceral glimpse of life in Colombia as it enters the mind of a fourteen-year-old hit man facing the ultimate test. In "Meeting Elise" an ageing New York painter mourns his body's decline as he prepares to meet his daughter on the eve of her Carnegie Hall debut. And with graceful symmetry, the final, title story returns to Vietnam, to a fishing trawler crowded with refugees where a young woman's bond with a mother and her small son forces both women to a shattering decision.' (From the author's website.)
4 3 y separately published work icon Walk of Fame Sharon Krum , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2000 Z89306 2000 single work novel humour "Tom Webster is a dreary nobody; nice enough, but neither a head-turner nor a hell-raiser, until he's given the opportunity to become an uber-celebrity. The assignment: A major magazine gives Tom thirty days in which to make himself famous, using any, and they mean any, means necessary. The pay-off: fame, glory, and $100,000. When the assignment spins out of control, Tom takes a wild ride on the celebrity machine with a B-list film actress, who wants to be working on Shakespeare in the Park rather than her buxom physique, her slimy agent, his best friend (who happens to have stolen his wife), a boss desperate to capitalize on Tom's celebrity, and a fame-obsessed magazine editor who wants a finished article from Tom above all else. As his level of fame escalates, Tom becomes trapped in his own lies and the cult of celebrity - while everyone around him grabs their fifteen minutes. And then, just when everything seems perfect, Tom will make the decision of his life - turning the tables on the paparazzi, the hangers-on, and his scheming counterparts." (Book jacket)
6 7 y separately published work icon Holy Smoke : A Novel Anna Campion , Jane Campion , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1999 Z299286 1999 single work novel

'A beautiful young woman, Ruth, falls under the spell of an Indian guru. Desperate to rescue her, her family tricks her into returning to Australia, where she is forced to submit to deprogramming. A tough battle of wills ensues.'  (Publication summary)
3 17 y separately published work icon Fabulous Nobodies Lee Tulloch , London : Chatto and Windus , 1989 Z179254 1989 single work novel
34 96 y separately published work icon Schindler's Ark Thomas Keneally , London Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1982 Z866693 1982 single work novel Based on a true incident, this is the story of Oscar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved over one thousand Jews from the Nazis. Keneally's account is taken from the testimonies of dozens of Holocaust survivors. (Source: Trove)
8 y separately published work icon The Dancing Men Duncan Kyle , London : Collins , 1985 Z1201073 1985 single work novel detective crime
2 2 y separately published work icon Urashima Taro no shi Roger Pulvers , ( trans. Michio Ochi )expression Tokyo : Shinchosha , 1980 Z1355691 1980 single work novel '...Pulvers uses the Cowra breakout during the Pacific war and its consequences in present Japanese society to describe a particular group of Japanese who express a strong degree of racial prejudice and have not fully accepted that Japan was defeated during the war. Here Pulvers even proceeds to raise the problematic issue concerning the responsibility of the Showa Emperor for the Pacific War. The protagonist, Ron, a correspondent from the Australian Broadcasting Commission, tries to solve the murders that occurred during the Cowra uprising, an activity which eventually leads to the discovery of a plot concerning how the war should be ended to protect the whole system of Japanese society.' Megumi Kato, 'Representations of Japan and Japanese People in Australian literature' PHD (2005): 269.
7 y separately published work icon The Finalists Russell Braddon , London : Michael Joseph , 1977 Z813920 1977 single work novel
2 1 y separately published work icon Betisan no Niwa Michiko Yamamoto , Tokyo : Shinchosha , 1973 Z1329828 1973 selected work short story
13 2 y separately published work icon The Far Country Nevil Shute , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1952 Z522246 1952 single work novel

'When a young Englishwoman named Jennifer Morton leaves London to visit relatives on their sheep ranch in the Australian outback, she falls in love both with the gloriously beautiful country and with Carl, a Czech refugee who was a doctor in his own land and now works as a lumberjack. They are brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, but their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.).
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