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'Delicate and beautifully written, Songs of the Suitcase is seven stories that connect through the rites of passage that mark birth, love and death. the stories explore the strength of blood ties in families and in music and the devastation of loss. Poetically sensitive and poignant. Anna Maria Dell᮳o was born in Melbourne of Italian immigrant parents. She is a respected journalist and a feature writer, columnist and film critic. She writes for literary papers and newspapers including the Good Weekend and has also written poetry, opera libretti, a play, film scripts and shorts, and a regular column in a womens magazine.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Pymble,
Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area,
Sydney Northern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Flamingo
,HarperCollins Australia
, 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Love by Arrangement, single work short story (p. 3-52)
- Song of the Suitcase, single work prose biography (p. 53-87)
- Harvest Day, single work prose biography (p. 88-116)
- Unravelling, single work short story (p. 117-159)
- Homeland, single work prose (p. 160-186)
- Harbour, single work short story (p. 189-220)
- The King of the Accordion, single work novel (p. 221-368)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
Excuse Me Is Our Heritage Showing? Representations of Diasporic Experiences across the Generations
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: FULGOR , November vol. 3 no. 3 2008; This paper examines the narration of diasporic experiences by writers of Italian descent. It investigates the ways in which relationships between ‘home’ and ‘destination’ cultures are negotiated across the generations. Narratives by three women writers, Rosa Cappiello, Anna Maria Dell’oso and Melina Marchetta are analysed to show how negotiating the tensions between nostalgia for the past and the needs of the present transforms and translates notions of ‘home’ for writers who are living ‘in between’ cultures. Through a reading of the narratives of these three authors, each representative of a different generation, the paper considers the ways in which space, place and identity interact in determining the politics of belonging. It is argued that the role of the hyphenate writer has changed over the decades and across generations, from that of a raconteur of what took place, a role that may lean more toward nostalgia than analysis, to that of cultural mediator and, more recently, cultural examiner. Further, the texts chosen for analysis reveal a distinctive strategy of representation – a rhetoric of location – in which spatiality functions as a symbolic conduit between the plotting of identity constructions and Italian/Australian realities. [Author's abstract] -
Cultural (Re)Locations : Narratives by Contemporary Italian Australian Women
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 147-164) -
[Review] Songs of the Suitcase
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , no. 2 2001; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 69 2001; (p. 169-170)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
This One Sings
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1999; (p. 7)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
Stories About the Big Things in Life
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 January 1999; (p. 24)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography ; Disreputable People 1998 selected work short story
-
Other Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 January 1999; (p. 13)
— Review of Burning Sunday 1999 single work novel ; Eric and Ian Get a Life 1998 single work novel ; Feral Tracks 1998 single work novel ; Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
Books in Brief
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , December vol. 3 no. 9 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
Draining and Sustaining
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 1999; (p. 23)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
Stories About the Big Things in Life
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 January 1999; (p. 24)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography ; Disreputable People 1998 selected work short story -
This One Sings
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1999; (p. 7)
— Review of Songs of the Suitcase 1998 selected work novel short story prose biography -
Cultural (Re)Locations : Narratives by Contemporary Italian Australian Women
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 147-164) -
Excuse Me Is Our Heritage Showing? Representations of Diasporic Experiences across the Generations
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: FULGOR , November vol. 3 no. 3 2008; This paper examines the narration of diasporic experiences by writers of Italian descent. It investigates the ways in which relationships between ‘home’ and ‘destination’ cultures are negotiated across the generations. Narratives by three women writers, Rosa Cappiello, Anna Maria Dell’oso and Melina Marchetta are analysed to show how negotiating the tensions between nostalgia for the past and the needs of the present transforms and translates notions of ‘home’ for writers who are living ‘in between’ cultures. Through a reading of the narratives of these three authors, each representative of a different generation, the paper considers the ways in which space, place and identity interact in determining the politics of belonging. It is argued that the role of the hyphenate writer has changed over the decades and across generations, from that of a raconteur of what took place, a role that may lean more toward nostalgia than analysis, to that of cultural mediator and, more recently, cultural examiner. Further, the texts chosen for analysis reveal a distinctive strategy of representation – a rhetoric of location – in which spatiality functions as a symbolic conduit between the plotting of identity constructions and Italian/Australian realities. [Author's abstract]
Awards
- 1999 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award This award was known as the Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award from 1988-2007.
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