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The Gunshot Symphony single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Gunshot Symphony
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Aaron's uncle Joe dies after being shot in the forehead while on a fishing boat. Aaron, a deaf lover of music, slowly comes to terms with this tragedy as he listens to Beethoven through the vibrations, soothed by the feeling of the music.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability

    Profound deafness.

    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Meanjin On Travel vol. 62 no. 4 2003 Z1084114 2003 periodical issue 2003 pg. 21-26

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