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Dedication: To Eva, Dvora, Jonathan and Noemi and to all who would dignity and humanity preserve, even in the hours of deepest darkness.
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Epigraph: 'We live
as much as we believe;
we love
when faith is not enough.' (Manfred Jurgensen)
Contents
- A Universe of Clowns, single work short story (p. 1-54)
- Envy's Fire, single work short story (p. 55-63)
- Greetings, Australia! To You Have I Come, single work short story (p. 65-76)
- Words, single work short story (p. 77-90)
- Passage, single work short story (p. 91-98)
- Sustenance Was I to the Needy, single work short story (p. 99-112)
- The First Lesson, single work short story (p. 113-128)
- Moscow! Moscow!, single work short story (p. 129-155)
- Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh, single work short story (p. 157-183)
- All My Children, single work short story (p. 185-191)
- The Real and Doubtful Virtues of Silence, single work short story (p. 193-200)
- King Lear of "The Gables"; or a Christmas Concert, single work short story (p. 201-209)
- The Next in Line, single work short story (p. 211-216)
- Kitty Cat, single work short story (p. 217-231)
- Friends, single work short story (p. 233-241)
- The Fortress, single work short story (p. 243-271)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
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New Places, Old Memories
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
The Elusive Land of Milk and Honey
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Spanish Sampler of Australian Studies 1996; (p. 37-50) -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 169-170)
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , June vol. 2 no. 1 1985;
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story
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The Society of One : A Short Story Retrospective
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 22 1985; (p. 38-40)
— Review of A Change for the Better : short stories 1984 selected work short story ; Chiaroscuro : Stories 1984 selected work short story ; Uphill Runner 1984 selected work short story ; A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story ; Milk : Stories 1983 selected work short story ; If Blood Should Stain the Lino 1983 selected work short story -
Malignancies
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 94-95 1984; (p. 81-82)
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 169-170)
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story -
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[Review] A Universe of Clowns
Adelaide
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Radio 5UV
,
1984
Z963189
1984
single work
review
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , June vol. 2 no. 1 1985;
— Review of A Universe of Clowns 1983 selected work short story -
'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
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New Places, Old Memories
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
The Elusive Land of Milk and Honey
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Spanish Sampler of Australian Studies 1996; (p. 37-50)