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Dedication: For W, S, and J and T who meant so much to me.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Sirius Books
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Story of the Knife, single work short story (p. 1-14)
- What Can You Say?, single work short story (p. 15-21)
- "No Birds were Flying Overhead, There were No Birds to Fly", single work short story (p. 21-29)
- Anderson, How Can There be a Baby and No Crying?, single work short story (p. 29-39)
- Across the Plains, Over the Mountains and Down to the Sea, single work short story (p. 39-42)
- Rambling Boy, single work short story (p. 42-47)
- The First Story of Nature, single work short story (p. 47-55)
- Nish's Sour Desire, single work short story (p. 59-61)
- Nish, single work short story (p. 61-63)
- Dry Munching, single work short story (p. 64-66)
- Bread, Sugar, and Milk, single work short story (p. 67-70)
- I am a Very Clean Person, single work (p. 70-76)
- Will Power + Natural Sex Drive + Intelligence + Personal Organisation + Aggression = Sexual Success, single work short story (p. 76-81)
- Lou Shouted "Hey!", single work short story (p. 82-87)
- Walking Out, single work short story (p. 91-98)
- I Saw a Child for the Three of Us, single work short story (p. 99-102)
- Ten Years, single work short story (p. 102-107)
- The Train will Shortly Arrive, single work short story (p. 107-125)
- Apples and Babies, single work short story (p. 125-134)
- Anderson's Story, single work short story (p. 134-141)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Moorhouse and The Angry Decade
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 27 no. 1 2013; (p. 31-36) 'Shaw discusses Frank Moorhouse's early writings on Australian sociography. Frank Moorhouse's early writings, in particular the short story collections he termed "discontinuous narrative," Futility and Other Animals (1969) and The Americans, Baby (1972), are a contribution to the current of social and literary changes in Australia around the events of 1972, a year which "has become one of those dates that serve as shorthand reference to distinct periods or phases" (v), according to Kiernan in his Introduction to The Americans, Baby.' (Editor's abstract) -
Beverley Farmer's Embrace of the Mirror
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 151-159) Janice Shaw examines Beverley Farmer's A Body of Water. Shaw states that the Farmer's term 'embrace of the mirror' is a motif that 'characterises Farmer's writing in terms of the relationships she presents. The gender issues revealed through these relationships are characterised by feelings of coldness, otherness, and love, being a reflection of the self which only serves to emphasise its 'selfish nature...' (p. 151) - y Frank Moorhouse : The Writer as an Artist Delhi : Shipra Publications , 2000 Z1048778 2000 single work criticism
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'Keeping Control of the Young': Frank Moorhouse and the Last Child
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety 1999; (p. 121-128) -
Frank Moorhouse : Interview
Daniel R. Willbanks
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 158-170)
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Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 1973; (p. 20)
— Review of The Tins and Other Stories 1973 selected work short story ; Futility and Other Animals 1969 selected work short story -
Harvest of Stories
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 44 1970; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Disquiet and Other Stories 1969 selected work short story ; Full Cycle and Other Stories 1969 selected work short story ; The Road to Yesterday : Collected Stories 1964 selected work short story ; Futility and Other Animals 1969 selected work short story ; Selected Stories 1936-1968 1969 selected work short story ; Some People 1968 selected work short story -
At the Royal George
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 12 July 1969; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Disquiet and Other Stories 1969 selected work short story ; Futility and Other Animals 1969 selected work short story -
Short Story Chronicle
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 30 no. 2 1971; (p. 255, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 267)
— Review of Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1969-1970 1970 periodical issue short story ; Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1967-68 1968 periodical issue short story ; Selected Stories 1936-1968 1969 selected work short story ; The Puzzleheaded Girl : Four Novellas 1967 selected work novella ; Futility and Other Animals 1969 selected work short story ; Disquiet and Other Stories 1969 selected work short story ; Mr Butterfry and Other Tales of New Japan 1970 selected work short story -
Living in the Inner City
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 29 no. 3 1969; (p. 231-236)
— Review of Futility and Other Animals 1969 selected work short story - y Frank Moorhouse : The Writer as an Artist Delhi : Shipra Publications , 2000 Z1048778 2000 single work criticism
-
Beverley Farmer's Embrace of the Mirror
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 151-159) Janice Shaw examines Beverley Farmer's A Body of Water. Shaw states that the Farmer's term 'embrace of the mirror' is a motif that 'characterises Farmer's writing in terms of the relationships she presents. The gender issues revealed through these relationships are characterised by feelings of coldness, otherness, and love, being a reflection of the self which only serves to emphasise its 'selfish nature...' (p. 151) -
The Pluralism of Frank Moorhouse
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Nellie Melba, Ginger Meggs and Friends : Essays in Australian Cultural History 1982; (p. 250-267) -
Discontinuous Narrative and Aspects of Love in Shirley Hazzard's Short Stories
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 26 no. 1 1991; (p. 101-116) -
Frank Moorhouse : Interview
Daniel R. Willbanks
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 158-170)
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