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y separately published work icon Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales
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'The bestselling erotic classic Quiver is twelve interlinked short stories that explore lust and human sexuality in all their sensual manifestations. Tobsha Learner transports us into a world of love, power and obsession, often blurring the line between reality and fantasy, bringing us face-to-face with delicately observed passion and pain Experience the angry fearlessness of youth, the pleasure of the new, sexual friction at its most primal, and the lingering fingers of a past that refuses to let go. Witty and provocative, Quiver explores desire in all its complexity. 'Taking in the panoply of sexual desire, each tale shudders with full-frontal detail in a style that is both lyrical and forensically accurate.' Vogue 'A deliciously horny read, inventive and sexy.' Linda Jaivin 'Fairy tales for the modern upmarket urban female.' Janine Burke 'Each tale shudders with full-frontal detail in a style that is both lyrical and forensically accurate.' Megan Le Masurier" --Website.'

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Woman Who was Tied Up and Forgotten, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 1-20)
Man of Sighs, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 21-48)
The Man Who Loved Sound, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 49-81)
Pomegranate, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 83-115)
Ice-Cream, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 117-128)
Tulip, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 129-165)
The Listening Room, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 167-188)
Looking for Strange, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 189-207)
The Short Man in Crime, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 209-243)
Doubt, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 245-271)
Peel, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 273-282)
The Promiscuity of Bats, Tobsha Learner , single work short story (p. 283-302)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
portrait: Tobsha Learner (cover)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1996 .
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      Extent: 302p.
      Reprinted: 1997
      ISBN: 0670873098
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Plume ,       1998 .
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      Extent: 212p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 July 1988
      ISBN: 0452279844 (pbk.)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2005 .
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      Extent: 283p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 5 January 2005
      ISBN: 014300381X (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Transgressions Xavier Pons , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 39-59)

'All serious art breaks the rules-there can be no innovation without some form of transgression. Yet the breaking of rules is not enough to produce serious art, and while the very focus of erotic writing seems to invite transgressions, these are not necessarily liberating or creative. When transgressions lie for the most part in the subject-matter, their translation into literary break-throughs is problematic, and they can in fact be undermined by writing that is bland, conventional and predictable. Literature, it bears perhaps repeating, is not the thing itself but a representation and thus a re-creation of it. Modes of representations are always ideologically loaded and, while the contemporary period has invented very little in terms of sexual practices, it has been able to innovate significantly in terms of representational practices. It remains to be seen what kind of articulation can be found between the two.' (p 39)
Affairs of the Art Sian Powell , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2003; (p. 4-5)
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 December 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Politically Correct Porn Janine Burke , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 189 1997; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Here's the How - Now How About Some Wow? Bernard Zuel , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 January 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Liberating Women's Libidos Virginia Cook , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of Women Love Sex 1996 anthology short story ; Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
The Erotogenic Distaff: Three Modes of Australian Erotic Fiction Neil James , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 7 no. 2 1997; (p. 114-118)
— Review of Eat Me Linda Jaivin , 1995 single work novel ; Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story ; Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space Linda Jaivin , 1996 single work novel ; Sex Crimes Peta Spear , 1996 selected work short story
Easy to Say Goodbye Linda Jaivin , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 December 1996; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Here's the How - Now How About Some Wow? Bernard Zuel , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 January 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Politically Correct Porn Janine Burke , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 189 1997; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Quiver : A Book of Erotic Tales Tobsha Learner , 1996 selected work short story
Affairs of the Art Sian Powell , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2003; (p. 4-5)
Tobsha Learner Thornton McCamish , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 9-29 December no. 12 1996; (p. 43)
Transgressions Xavier Pons , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 39-59)

'All serious art breaks the rules-there can be no innovation without some form of transgression. Yet the breaking of rules is not enough to produce serious art, and while the very focus of erotic writing seems to invite transgressions, these are not necessarily liberating or creative. When transgressions lie for the most part in the subject-matter, their translation into literary break-throughs is problematic, and they can in fact be undermined by writing that is bland, conventional and predictable. Literature, it bears perhaps repeating, is not the thing itself but a representation and thus a re-creation of it. Modes of representations are always ideologically loaded and, while the contemporary period has invented very little in terms of sexual practices, it has been able to innovate significantly in terms of representational practices. It remains to be seen what kind of articulation can be found between the two.' (p 39)
Uncover Story Miriam Cosic , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 26-27 October 1996; (p. 14-17,19-20)
Sex and the Singular Woman Jason Steger , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 November 1996; (p. 6)
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