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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Strands of Serendipity : A Collection of Short Stories
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A selection of short stories about 'meetings, partings, departures and returns, and the space of time between. The settings range from Colombo to Sydney ... The stories extend the range of experience in Australian writing, and through it, that of Australian readers, reflecting the movement and mixture of peoples, their responses to new evironments and their memories of old one alike'.

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated with love to: / my mother Frances, my father Isaac and Stanley, my loku aiya & / Bertie aiya. / Always in my memory ...
  • The stories which were published earlier individually at various times have been re-edited for this publication.
  • Contains one poem, 'A Tryst with Time'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Gungahlin, Gungahlin area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:CRIS (Australia) Global Consultancy , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lavender Lady, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 11-19)
The Return to Conflict, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 20-29)
The Last Will, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 31-41)
He or She, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 42-48)
Whispering Palms, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 49-55)
On the Way to the Poruwa, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 56-64)
The Magpie, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 65-72)
The Party in the Old Country, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 73-83)
My Flight with Mister Bronson, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 84-90)
Tomorrow is Another Day, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 91-95)
The Tree, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 96-99)
Letter to Santa, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 100-103)
Bondage, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 104-107)
The Last Hours, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 108-112)
Freedom by Frances Isaac (pseud of Neela Liyanagedera), Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 113-118)
The Retreat, Frances Isaac , single work short story (p. 119-124)
A Tryst with Timei"Time: man's master from the beginning;", Frances Isaac , single work poetry (p. 125)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Colombo,
      c
      Sri Lanka,
      c
      South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Fast Print Service ,       1997 .
      Extent: 115p.
      Written as: Neela Liyanagedera
      Note/s:
      • Prologue by Elizabeth [Pulle].
      ISBN: 9559619004
    • Gungahlin, Gungahlin area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: CRIS (Australia) Global Consultancy , 1999 .
      Alternative title: Strands of Serendipity : collected stories
      Extent: 125p.
      Edition info: 2nd and expanded ed.
      Description: illus.
      Written as: Frances Isaac
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: This book is dedicated with love to: / my mother Frances, my father Isaac and Stanley, my loku aiya / and my brother Bertie. / Always in my memory ...
      • Prologue by Elizabeth Pulle.
      • Contains four additional stories.
      ISBN: 0646357530
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Works about this Work

Astronauts, Tourtists and Pilgrims: Narratives of Return to Sri Lanka Tamara Athique , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Regenerative Spirit : Volume 1 : Polarities of Home and Away, Encounters and Diasporas, in Post-Colonial Literatures 2003; (p. 126-137)
At Home in Australia, Sri Lanka Ralph Elliott , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 March 1999; (p. 24)
— Review of Strands of Serendipity : A Collection of Short Stories Neela Liyanagedera , 1997 selected work short story
Gathering Life's Strands Ralph Elliott , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Strands of Serendipity : A Collection of Short Stories Neela Liyanagedera , 1997 selected work short story
Gathering Life's Strands Ralph Elliott , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Strands of Serendipity : A Collection of Short Stories Neela Liyanagedera , 1997 selected work short story
At Home in Australia, Sri Lanka Ralph Elliott , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 March 1999; (p. 24)
— Review of Strands of Serendipity : A Collection of Short Stories Neela Liyanagedera , 1997 selected work short story
Astronauts, Tourtists and Pilgrims: Narratives of Return to Sri Lanka Tamara Athique , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Regenerative Spirit : Volume 1 : Polarities of Home and Away, Encounters and Diasporas, in Post-Colonial Literatures 2003; (p. 126-137)
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