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'Carmen Molloy is driving home late at night during a storm when she accidentally hits a young man who steps out into the road. He dies. In shock, Carmen drives home without telling anyone, and when the man's body is found, she does not come forward. The novel deals with her internal turmoil as she tries to deal with her guilt about what happened, and her fear of being found out.'
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Epigraph: Roughly speaking ...[Heisenberg's uncertainty principle] states that all measurable quantities are subject to unpredictable fluctuations, and hence to uncertainty in their values. To quantify this uncertainty, observables are grouped into pairs: position and momentum form a pair, as do energy and time. The principle requires that attempts to reduce the level of uncertainty of one member of the pair serves to increase the uncerainty of the other ... Heisenberg's uncertainty principle puts paid to the notion that the present determines the future exactly. Paul Davies, The Mind of God.
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Dedication: For my parents, Maisie Jackson and Jim Verney and for Catherine.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Writing from Life
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 210-213) Story / Telling 2001; Story / Telling 2001; (p. 216-222) -
Interview with Jay Verney, Author of `A Mortality Tale'
Vicki Englund
(interviewer),
1996
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 32-42) -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 91-92)
— Review of The Hand that Signed the Paper 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel -
Author's Near-Miss May Lead to Award
1995
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 May 1995; (p. 3) -
Blame Death
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 163 1994; (p. 12-13)
— Review of A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel
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Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 91-92)
— Review of The Hand that Signed the Paper 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel -
Despite Rumours, Renaissance is Alive and Well
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 August 1994; (p. 11A)
— Review of Pig's Head 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel ; Stiff 1994 single work novel ; Reprisal 1994 single work novel -
Morality with a Twist
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 August 1994; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Jetlag : A Novel 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: New Librarian , July vol. 1 no. 5 1994; (p. 54)
— Review of A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel -
Dead Reckoning
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 July 1994; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of A Mortality Tale 1994 single work novel -
Writing from Life
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 210-213) Story / Telling 2001; Story / Telling 2001; (p. 216-222) -
Author's Near-Miss May Lead to Award
1995
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 May 1995; (p. 3) -
Interview with Jay Verney, Author of `A Mortality Tale'
Vicki Englund
(interviewer),
1996
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 32-42)
Awards
- 1995 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 1993 shortlisted The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
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