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y separately published work icon Scission selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Scission
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Tim Winton's first collection of stories deals with men, women and children whose lives are coming apart and whose hearts are breaking. These spare, jagged stories, in which people struggle with change and disintegration, are vintage Winton. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Notes

  • Dedication: This one is for Gonzo.
  • Epigraph: Then Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? The Book of Job.
  • Epigraph: The wounded surgeon plies the steel
    That questions the distempered part; - T. S. Eliot, East Coker.
  • Study guide available.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:McPhee Gribble ,Penguin , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Secrets, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 1-6)
A Blow, a Kiss, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 7-13)
Getting Ahead (for Simon), Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 15-22)
My Father's Axe, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 23-33)
Wake, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 35-39)
Lantern Stalk, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 41-49)
Thomas Awkner Floats, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 51-60)
Wilderness, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 61-80)
Neighbours, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 81-85)
A Measure of Eloquence, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 87-98)
The Oppressed, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 99-109)
The Woman at the Well, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 111-115)
Scission, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 117-155)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble ; Penguin , 1985 .
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      Extent: 155p.
      Note/s:
      • Published with the assistance of the Literature Board of the Australia Council.
      • '...bright, tough, physical stories; a stubborn celebration of the good in a frightening universe.' Helen Garner (appears on cover)
      ISBN: 0140080600 (pbk)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Weidenfeld and Nicolson ,       1987 .
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      Alternative title: Scission and Other Stories
      Extent: 155p.
      ISBN: 0297791664 (hbk)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Blood and Water : Stories Tim Winton , London : Picador , 1993 Z309483 1993 selected work short story London : Picador , 1993 pg. 1-148
    • South Yarra, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1993 .
      Extent: 155p.
      ISBN: 0869141090 (pbk)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1996 .
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      Extent: 155p.
      ISBN: 0140257667
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 155p.
      ISBN: 9780140274011, 0140274014
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan Macmillan ,       2003 .
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      Extent: 157p.
      ISBN: 0330412604
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2007 .
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      Extent: 155p.p.
      ISBN: 9780140274011, 0140274014
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Picador ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 168p.p.
      ISBN: 9780330527347, 0330527347
Language: French
    • Paris,
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      France,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Payot et Rivages ,       2014 .
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      Extent: 205p.p.
      ISBN: 9782743627331, 2743627336
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Works about this Work

Australia : An Inescapable Cultural Paradigm? Cross- and Transcultural Elements in Tim Winton’s Fiction Tomasz Gadzina , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 7 no. 2 2016; (p. 30-40) 'The article considers Tim Winton’s fiction in terms of its cross- and transcultural character. Despite the fact that local Australian settings permeate the writer’s narratives, Winton creates an imaginary space that is both local and transnational in terms of its quality of the domestic culture, which Winton extends beyond its original field of practice. Winton achieves the transcultural quality of his fiction through transgressions and boundary breaking that are possible due to his frequent reworking of the traditional Australian themes and concepts of the unknown, supernatural, mystical, numinous and sacred, exploitation of leitmotifs of journey, transit and in-betweenness, use of cross-cultural symbols as well as various utopian and dystopian topoi such as Arcadia and Heimat.' (Publication abstract)
From Father to Son : Fatherhood and Father–Son Relationships in Scission Nathanael O'Reilly , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tim Winton : Critical Essays 2014; (p. 161-182)

'This chapter focuses on Winton's depiction of fatherhood and father-son relationships in his first collection of short fiction, Scission.' O'Reilly argues 'that Winton presents non-traditional fathers and complex father-son relationships in order to question and challenge Australian cultural norms regarding fatherhood and masculinity.' (162)
The Lion in Winton Jo-Ann Stubbings , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 1996; (p. 9)
— Review of Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
Nostalgia for Community: Tim Winton's Essay and Stories Bruce Bennett , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tilting at Matilda : Literature, Aborigines, Women and the Church in Contemporary Australia 1994; (p. 60-73) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 31-44)
Tim Winton : Interview Daniel R. Willbanks (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 187-200)
A-Frayed at the Edges Ronald Blaber , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 32-33)
— Review of A Change for the Better : short stories Peter Mathers , 1984 selected work short story ; Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
A Short-Lived Attempt at Independence Adrian Mitchell , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 16-17 March 1985; (p. 11)
— Review of Beachmasters Thea Astley , 1985 single work novel ; Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
Death and Disarray Susan McKernan , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 21)
— Review of Midwinter Spring John Webb , 1985 single work novel ; Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
Soft Revolution and Vibrant Life Katharine England , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Saturday Review , 9 March 1985; (p. 7)
— Review of Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
Stark Moments of Revelation George Turner , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 March 1985; (p. 14)
— Review of Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
Tim Winton : Interview Daniel R. Willbanks (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 187-200)
Nostalgia for Community: Tim Winton's Essay and Stories Bruce Bennett , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tilting at Matilda : Literature, Aborigines, Women and the Church in Contemporary Australia 1994; (p. 60-73) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 31-44)
Burning Bright : Impressions of Tim Winton Brian Matthews , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 45 no. 1 1986; (p. 83-93)
From Father to Son : Fatherhood and Father–Son Relationships in Scission Nathanael O'Reilly , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tim Winton : Critical Essays 2014; (p. 161-182)

'This chapter focuses on Winton's depiction of fatherhood and father-son relationships in his first collection of short fiction, Scission.' O'Reilly argues 'that Winton presents non-traditional fathers and complex father-son relationships in order to question and challenge Australian cultural norms regarding fatherhood and masculinity.' (162)
Australia : An Inescapable Cultural Paradigm? Cross- and Transcultural Elements in Tim Winton’s Fiction Tomasz Gadzina , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 7 no. 2 2016; (p. 30-40) 'The article considers Tim Winton’s fiction in terms of its cross- and transcultural character. Despite the fact that local Australian settings permeate the writer’s narratives, Winton creates an imaginary space that is both local and transnational in terms of its quality of the domestic culture, which Winton extends beyond its original field of practice. Winton achieves the transcultural quality of his fiction through transgressions and boundary breaking that are possible due to his frequent reworking of the traditional Australian themes and concepts of the unknown, supernatural, mystical, numinous and sacred, exploitation of leitmotifs of journey, transit and in-betweenness, use of cross-cultural symbols as well as various utopian and dystopian topoi such as Arcadia and Heimat.' (Publication abstract)
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Awards

1985 winner Western Australia Week Literary Award — Prose Fiction
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