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Dedication: For Domna and Stratos Talihmanidis
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- Place of Birth, single work short story (p. 1-23)
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A Girl on the Sand,
single work
short story
Dimitri is a middle-aged Greek now living in an Australian coastal town. His friend, Jim, comes up distraught, and describes how he found a corpse on the beach: a teenage girl, pregnant and missing a hand.
From this incident, Dimitri recalls a girl he met in Greece when he was fourteen: Dimitroula, who had come to Thessaloniki to have an abortion. Dimitroula's hand has been undeveloped since birth, with only a few stubs like fingers. Dimitri helps her find a doctor and falls in love with her, but she never comes back once she leaves.
- The Harem, single work short story (p. 42-53)
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Market Day,
single work
short story
In "Market Day" a blind woman discovers accidentally that she is now grey and old, but this woman transcends her tragic past and self-interest to serve the cause of her niece's love. This little brown Aunt who has patiently endured physical and emotional suffering is almost deified because of her capacity to love a world she cannot see. She accommodates the loss of her own youth, and by the end of the story her hair is no longer the focus of her despair but, appropriately, has the appearance of a bronze crown. This narrative is also interesting in that Farmer recreates the particular textures and sounds of Elpida's environment as the reader shares the blind woman's dependence upon aural or mnemonic experience.
(Source: 'Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing')
- Caffe Veneto, single work short story (p. 62-75)
- Milk, single work short story (p. 76-89)
- Melpo, single work short story (p. 90-102)
- Darling Odile, single work short story (p. 103-115)
- At the Airport, single work short story (p. 116-126)
- Inheritance, single work short story (p. 127-136)
- Maria's Girl, single work short story (p. 137-145)
- Home Time As Time Goes By, single work short story (p. 146-155)
- Snake, single work short story (p. 156-168)
- Pomegranates Pomegranate Time, single work short story (p. 169-176)
- A Man in the Laundrette, single work short story (p. 177-187)
- Our Lady of the Beehives, single work short story (p. 188-211)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Antipodean Resonance
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 14-20 September no. 4563 1990; (p. 980)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; Flying Lessons 1990 single work novel ; Place of Birth 1990 selected work short story ; Taking Shelter 1989 single work novel ; Woodpecker Point and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; Flawless Jade 1989 single work novel
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Antipodean Resonance
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 14-20 September no. 4563 1990; (p. 980)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; Flying Lessons 1990 single work novel ; Place of Birth 1990 selected work short story ; Taking Shelter 1989 single work novel ; Woodpecker Point and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; Flawless Jade 1989 single work novel