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In Australia, eight children who met during an eclipse of the sun, are reunited as adults in an eclipse of the moon. The individual stories of these eight reflect the evolution of Australian thought over the last half century on such topics as sexual freedom and the Yellow Peril.
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Epigraph: Many countries, many stories, many lies (Aboriginal cameleerTom Ljonga in conversation with anthropologist T. G. H. Strehlow, 1932.
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Dedication: for Rosemary Creswell
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Who are the Custodians?
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 154-161) -
Ambivalent Oppositionality : David Malouf's Fly Away Peter - A European View
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Missions of Interdependence : A Literary Directory 2002; (p. 275-284) -
The Cosmopolitan Pastoral : The Paddock, the Novel, and the Nation
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [10]-20)Using Murray Bail's Eucalyptus and Nicholas Jose's The Custodians Robert Beardwood shows how Australian writing reflects concerns of claims to place and tensions between longing and belonging, Australian place and Australian identity at the end of the 20th century.
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'Taming Distance' : Cross-Cultural Connections in the Work of Nicholas Jose
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 36 no. 1 2001; (p. 45-57) The articles discusses the treatment and presentation of China in Jose's novels, on the background of the tradition of imaginative engagement with Asia by other Australian authors. It argues that although Jose subscribes at times both to the myth of Asia's mystery and to cliches of oriental mysticism, his work differs from previous generations of Australian novelists in that the author looks to the possibility of "Sino-Australian symbiosis" as part of a desirable, if utopian, aim. Thus his work testifies to a shift in emphasis in respect of cross-cultural pursuits and the post-colonial stance, possibly subverting the notion of a unitary national identity. -
La Trobe University Essay : Vanishing Points : An Essay on the Work of Nicholas Jose
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (2000-2001) no. 227 2000; (p. 41-46)
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The Stripes on the Child
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 2 no. 10 1997; (p. 20-21)
— Review of A Race across Burning Soil 1997 single work novel ; Lovesong 1997 single work novel ; The Custodians 1997 single work novel -
Custodian of the Past
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 July 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of The Custodians 1997 single work novel -
Eight Go Adventuring in Adelaide
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July 1997; (p. 9s)
— Review of The Custodians 1997 single work novel -
Out of the Shadow of White
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 192 1997; (p. 32-33)
— Review of The Custodians 1997 single work novel -
Custodians of National Conscience Come with the Territory
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 July 1997; (p. 8)
— Review of The Custodians 1997 single work novel -
The Cosmopolitan Pastoral : The Paddock, the Novel, and the Nation
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [10]-20)Using Murray Bail's Eucalyptus and Nicholas Jose's The Custodians Robert Beardwood shows how Australian writing reflects concerns of claims to place and tensions between longing and belonging, Australian place and Australian identity at the end of the 20th century.
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Who are the Custodians?
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 154-161) -
Well Connected and Dissected
1997
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 July vol. 116 no. 6082 1997; (p. 74) -
Subject Matters
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 October 1997; (p. 8) -
Landscape of Memory
1997
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 12 July 1997; (p. 24-28)
Awards
- 1998 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific Region
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Subjects:
- Country towns,
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Hong Kong,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
- Adelaide, South Australia,
- Queensland,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- North East South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
- Bush,
- Urban,
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
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