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A century of family secrets starts to unravel when Benedict Waters is summoned to an audience with an old friend of his mother. He is seduced by her storytelling and it takes time and an astonishing revelation before he realises that it is his own family he has been hearing about, his own life that is being undone. - back cover
Notes
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Dedication: To my daughter Jessica
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Epigraph: Yes, man is broad, too broad indeed. I'd have him narrower. - Dmitri Fyodorovitch Karamazov: The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Echoes in the Wilderness : Weird Poetry in Australia
2009
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criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 3 2009; (p. 167-178)In the following symposium, critics Phillip A. Ellis and Charles Lovecraft address several poets and their works within the realm of weird fiction, spotlighting a variety of themes and issues in this sorely neglected field of study. The critics, established poets in their own right, work towards establishing a clear template for further studies and readings which the editors of Studies in Australian Weird Fiction see as essential to readers of weird fiction, within Australian (sic) and abroad.
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Prize Writers
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 14 June 2008; (p. 28-29) 'Jane Sullivan assesses the field in Australia's most significant literary award.' (Editor's abstract) -
WA Writer Has Eyes on Franklin for Third Time
2008
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 April 2008; (p. 7) Names West Australian authors shortlisted for 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award. -
Haunted By the Anxiety of Not Belonging
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 January 2008; (p. 21)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel ; Urban Elegies 2007 selected work poetry -
How We Read this Year : Australian Fiction
2007
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2007; (p. 11) Literary highlights in Australian fiction for 2007 . The author gives her impressions of these works.
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Untitled
2007
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review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 54)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Crafter Tale's Indelible Mark
2007
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 November 2007; (p. 13)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Discerning the Fabula
2007
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 46)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2007
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 November 2007; (p. 32)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Messy Fragments
2007
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review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 December 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel 2007 single work novel ; Ocean Road 2007 single work novel -
A Hundred Years of Secrets
2007
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 November 2007; (p. 13) -
How We Read this Year : Australian Fiction
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2007; (p. 11) Literary highlights in Australian fiction for 2007 . The author gives her impressions of these works. -
WA Writer Has Eyes on Franklin for Third Time
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 April 2008; (p. 7) Names West Australian authors shortlisted for 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award. -
Prize Writers
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 June 2008; (p. 28-29) 'Jane Sullivan assesses the field in Australia's most significant literary award.' (Editor's abstract) -
Echoes in the Wilderness : Weird Poetry in Australia
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 3 2009; (p. 167-178)In the following symposium, critics Phillip A. Ellis and Charles Lovecraft address several poets and their works within the realm of weird fiction, spotlighting a variety of themes and issues in this sorely neglected field of study. The critics, established poets in their own right, work towards establishing a clear template for further studies and readings which the editors of Studies in Australian Weird Fiction see as essential to readers of weird fiction, within Australian (sic) and abroad.
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Book Review Fan Poll
- 2008 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2007 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
- New South Wales,