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2 9 y separately published work icon The Paperbark Shoe Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders Goldie Goldbloom , Kalamazoo : New Issues Press , 2010 Z1632501 2009 single work novel 'Gin, the albino, marries to escape the confines of an asylum. Toad, a little man who wears corsets, marries to prove his manhood. Together they are freaks - feared and ridiculed by the remote farming community in which they live. Into their lives come two Italian POWs bringing music, sensuality and a love that will fan the flames of small town bigotry.' (From the publisher's website.)
8 71 y separately published work icon The Plains Gerald Murnane , Kalamazoo : New Issues Press , 2003 Z459249 1982 single work novel (taught in 2 units)

'Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances.

'There is no book in Australian literature like The Plains. In the two decades since its first publication, this haunting novel has earned its status as a classic. A nameless young man arrives on the plains and begins to document the strange and rich culture of the plains families. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail, ‘a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself’.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)
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