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y separately published work icon David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview selected work   novel   poetry   short story   prose   criticism   biography   interview  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview : Introduction, Jim Tulip , single work criticism biography (p. ix-xxiv)
Johnno : A Novel, David Malouf , single work novel

'Dante and Johnno are unlikely childhood friends, growing up in the bustle of steamy, wartime Brisbane. Later, as teenagers, they learn about love and life amidst the city's pubs and public libraries, backyards and brothels, Moreton Bay figs and tennis parties. As adults, they make the great pilgrimage overseas and maintain an uneasy friendship as they seek to build their lives.

'An affectionate and bittersweet portrait, Johnno brilliantly recreates the sleazy, tropical half-city that was Brisbane and captures a generation locked in combat with the elusive Australian dream.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin).

 (p. 1-170)
Southern Skies, David Malouf , single work short story (p. 173-191)
In Trust, David Malouf , single work short story (p. 192-198)
The Sun in Winter, David Malouf , single work short story (p. 199-204)
[Untitled] (from 12 Edmondstone Street), David Malouf , extract autobiography (p. 205-207)
[Untitled] (from A Place in Tuscany), David Malouf , extract autobiography (p. 208-215)
Sheer Edgei"Here at the sheer edge", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 219)
The Year of the Foxesi"When I was ten, my mother, having sold", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 219-220)
This Day Under My Handi"Well, it was never mine,", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 221-222)
Snowi"A stirring as among", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 223-224)
On Refusing an All-Risk Insurance Policyi"Blue slate on the roof where pigeons", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 224-225)
Bicyclei"Since Thursday last the bare living-room", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 225-226)
Asphodeli"Under this real estate -- squared street on street", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 226-228)
An Ordinary Evening at Hamiltoni"The garden shifts indoors, the house lets fall", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 228)
Confessions of an Only Childi"Two years five days between us, and my nose", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 229-230)
Early Discoveriesi"I find him in the garden. Staked tomato-plants are what", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 230-232)
The Little Aeneidi"Set out then with all", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 232-233)
Bad Dreams in Viennai"Past midnight turning east at the Deutsches Eck, a shallow corner", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 233-235)
A Poet Among Othersi"The self is like smoke", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 235-236)
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