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Alec Ramsey is the survivor of a disastrous Antarctic expedition which abandoned his revered friend and leader of the party, Stephen Leeming. For 40 years, in the security of academia, Ramsey has nurtured with guilt his doubts about this incident. Now Leeming's body is, against all odds, to be exhumed from the Antarctic icecap. Ramsey must confront his obsession and decide whether he really did - or can continue to - survive at all. (Source: Libraries Australia)
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Dedication: To W. H. Crook
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
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criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) - y Australian Melodramas : Thomas Keneally's Fiction St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1995 Z565009 1995 single work criticism The first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work. It concentrates on his novels, but also covers plays and non-fiction, and analyses the academic reception of Keneally's work.
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Untitled
1989
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— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 153)
— Review of The Survivor 1969 single work novel -
The Survivor
1987
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— Appears in: Masterplots II : British and Commonwealth Fiction Series 1987; (p. 1649-1653) -
Romance Australia : Love in Australian Literature of Exploration
1987
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 13 no. 2 1987; (p. 161-171)
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Fiction Chronicle
1971
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review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Autumn vol. 30 no. 1 1971; (p. 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139)
— Review of Let's Hear It for Prendergast : A Novel 1970 single work novel ; The Age of Death 1970 single work novel ; Clean Straw for Nothing : A Novel 1969 single work novel ; A Salute to the Great McCarthy 1970 single work novel ; The Tea-Time of Love : The Clarification of Miss Stilby 1969 single work ; The Survivor 1969 single work novel ; The Vivisector 1970 single work novel -
Writer and Reader
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 1 1970; (p. 70-74)
— Review of A Boat Load of Home Folk 1968 single work novel ; The Chantic Bird 1968 single work novel ; Count Your Dead : A Novel of Vietnam 1968 single work novel ; Where a Man Belongs : A Novel 1969 single work novel ; The Survivor 1969 single work novel -
Untitled
1969
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1969-1970) vol. 9 no. 2-3 1969; (p. 55)
— Review of Tamara 1970 single work novel ; The Survivor 1969 single work novel -
Untitled
1969
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review
— Appears in: Nation , 29 November 1969; (p. 21-22)
— Review of The Survivor 1969 single work novel -
Untitled
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 November 1969; (p. 15)
— Review of The Survivor 1969 single work novel -
'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
The Survivor
1987
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— Appears in: Masterplots II : British and Commonwealth Fiction Series 1987; (p. 1649-1653) -
Authors Share $5,000 Prize in Literary Contest
1970
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— Appears in: The Australian , 27 October 1970; (p. 1) -
Thomas Keneally's 'Innocent' Men
1981
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— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 1 1981; (p. 57-66) -
Origin of a Novel
1969
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criticism
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 13 no. 10 1969; (p. 9-13)
Awards
- 1970 joint winner Captain Cook Bicentenary Awards — Novel Section
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Subjects:
- Country towns,
- Antarctica,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Urban,
Settings:
- 1920s
- 1960s
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