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The Resource Collected short fiction, Gerald Murnane

Collected short fiction, Gerald Murnane

Creator
Author
Summary
Regarded by many as Australia's most innovative writer of fiction, Gerald Murnane is largely known for such works as Tamarisk Row, The Plains, Inland Barley Patch and most recently, Border Districts. This collection brings together his shorter fictions for the first time. They include masterpieces like 'When the Mice Failed to Arrive', 'Stream System', 'Precious Bane', 'First Love', 'Emerald Blue', and 'The Interior of Gaaldine', a story which holds the key both to what writing fiction means for him, and to his decision to give it up, a decision that might have brought an end to his career as a writer. These works, most of which have been out of print for over twenty-five years, introduce the reader to the intricate contours of Murnane's imagination, the secrets that lie waiting in memory, and the disciplined and elaborate literary style by which he brings his discoveries to light. Yet for all the formality of his expression, there is no one to match Murnane in his sensitive portraits of parents, uncles and aunts, and children, and in his return to situations that contain anxiety, embarrassment or delight
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
468 pages
Contents
  • When the mice failed to arrive
  • Stream system
  • Land deal
  • The only Adam
  • Stone quarry
  • Precious bane
  • Cotters come no more
  • There were some countries
  • Finger web
  • First love
  • Velvet waters
  • The white cattle of Uppington
  • In far fields
  • Pink lining
  • Boy blue
  • Emerald blue
  • The interior of Gaaldine
  • As it were a letter
  • The boy's name was David
  • Last letter to a niece
Isbn
9781925336641
Instance
Label
Collected short fiction
Title
Collected short fiction
Statement of responsibility
Gerald Murnane
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Regarded by many as Australia's most innovative writer of fiction, Gerald Murnane is largely known for such works as Tamarisk Row, The Plains, Inland Barley Patch and most recently, Border Districts. This collection brings together his shorter fictions for the first time. They include masterpieces like 'When the Mice Failed to Arrive', 'Stream System', 'Precious Bane', 'First Love', 'Emerald Blue', and 'The Interior of Gaaldine', a story which holds the key both to what writing fiction means for him, and to his decision to give it up, a decision that might have brought an end to his career as a writer. These works, most of which have been out of print for over twenty-five years, introduce the reader to the intricate contours of Murnane's imagination, the secrets that lie waiting in memory, and the disciplined and elaborate literary style by which he brings his discoveries to light. Yet for all the formality of his expression, there is no one to match Murnane in his sensitive portraits of parents, uncles and aunts, and children, and in his return to situations that contain anxiety, embarrassment or delight
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1939-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Murnane, Gerald
Index
no index present
Literary form
short stories
Target audience
adult
Label
Collected short fiction, Gerald Murnane
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
When the mice failed to arrive -- Stream system -- Land deal -- The only Adam -- Stone quarry -- Precious bane -- Cotters come no more -- There were some countries -- Finger web -- First love -- Velvet waters -- The white cattle of Uppington -- In far fields -- Pink lining -- Boy blue -- Emerald blue -- The interior of Gaaldine -- As it were a letter -- The boy's name was David -- Last letter to a niece
Control code
000062124581
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
468 pages
Isbn
9781925336641
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1020313378
Label
Collected short fiction, Gerald Murnane
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
When the mice failed to arrive -- Stream system -- Land deal -- The only Adam -- Stone quarry -- Precious bane -- Cotters come no more -- There were some countries -- Finger web -- First love -- Velvet waters -- The white cattle of Uppington -- In far fields -- Pink lining -- Boy blue -- Emerald blue -- The interior of Gaaldine -- As it were a letter -- The boy's name was David -- Last letter to a niece
Control code
000062124581
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
468 pages
Isbn
9781925336641
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1020313378

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