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David Foster David Foster i(A32857 works by) (a.k.a. D. M. Foster; David Manning Foster)
Born: Established: 1944 Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Contemptuary David Foster , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2018 14411010 2018 single work novel

'Monasteries and gaols: David Foster, reflects that during the course of his life the monasteries have emptied while the gaols are doing nicely. Set in Goulburn and its surrounds, where Foster resides, The Contemptuary is a lament for a dying faith, a commentary on prison life and, perhaps unexpectedly from Foster in this, his sixteenth novel, an unputdownable whodunnit. ' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Niquab and the Mumkin David Foster , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2014 8325892 2014 selected work essay

Among these characteristically inflammatory essays, David Foster recounts, for the first time and in considerable detail, the impact upon him personally, and upon his career, of David Foster Wallace.


 
1 1 y separately published work icon Sunset on Santorini : Balladry David Foster , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2012 Z1933564 2012 selected work poetry Sunset on Santorini is a poetic account of a trip by the poet to the island of Santorini. Also known as Thera, this island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, around 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. It has been theorised that this eruption led indirectly to the collapse of Minoan civilization and also gave rise to the myth of Atlantis. Foster's scope is wide, his themes encompassing The Philokalia of the Eastern Orthodox Church, various heresies of early Christianity, the possibility of equating Australia with Atlantis, the decadence of modern tourist culture and our ever nearing mortality. At times spiritually profound, funny and satirical, David Foster offers us a kind of 4/4 bluesy riff on the fate of the modern soul in 21st century Australia.
1 5 y separately published work icon Man of Letters : Dog Rock 3 David Foster , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2012 Z1891291 2012 single work novel 'Man of Letters is the third and final volume in the Dog Rock trilogy, completing David Foster's comic vision of a small rural town in New South Wales as over fifty years it gradually succumbs to economic imperatives, as witnessed from the perspective of the postman D'Arcy D'Oliveres. In his final appearance, the intrepid D'Arcy has a mystery to solve that involves a local musician, a stamp of the realm, a dodgy personalised numberplate and a retired sergeant of police now turned student of semiotics. Man of Letters is a very funny book from the writer the Manchester Guardian described as the worthy successor to Flann O'Brien.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Darcy Redivivus David Foster , 2012 single work extract
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 1 no. 3 2012; Review of Australian Fiction , Omnibus vol. 1 no. 2012;
1 Living Like Lambs to the Slaughter David Foster , 2009 extract novel (Sons of the Rumour)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 2009; (p. 26-27)
1 13 y separately published work icon Sons of the Rumour David Foster , Pymble : Pan Macmillan Picador , 2009 Z1641542 2009 single work novel

'Sons of the Rumour is nothing short of a dazzling and genre-defying work of genius. Foster retells the tale of the legendary eighth-century King Shahrban of Persia who, furious at his wife's infidelity, has decided to marry and then behead a fresh virgin every day. But then the king meets Scheherazade, a beauty of such wiles and storytelling gifts she manages to entertain the him for 1001 nights, staving off death for both herself and her countrywomen. In the process, she also bears him three sons, wisely educates him in morality and kindness, and eventually convinces him to take her as his lawful wife.

'Intersecting with the historical tale is the story of Al Morrisey - a middle-aged, Anglo-Irish, former jazz-drumming everyman, on the run from a failed marriage, and cursed with Freudian daydreams of his mother and peculiar nightmares of all things Persian - as he vainly attempts to reconcile the past with the present and reclaim some of his youthful vigour.

'Ingeniously manipulating the frame tale of the Arabian Nights, and utilising all his narrative gifts of adventurous satire, David Foster has produced a work of fiction like no other.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 From : The Glade Within the Grove David Foster , 2009 extract novel (The Glade Within the Grove)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 1102-1104)
1 form Footbound David Foster , 2008 single work drama radio play

'During the Tang Dynasty in the Kingdom of Wu, a certain duke, forced to marry a woman of the Miao, decides to employ the skills of his terrestrial genie to prepare a potion that when applied will enhance the lady's allure and so promote the necessary consummation of his marriage.

'The prescription is in two parts: a phial full of the love potion and an amulet to be hung around the neck of duke. Unfortunately the delivery and application of this elixir is entrusted to a clubfooted drunkard who bungles the operation with his lack of dexterity. The potion is spilled and the amulet changes hands several times, with the result that the clubfooted imbecile becomes a pirouetting beauty in the eyes of the duke. To keep the duke entranced Clubfoot enhances his feet with bindings, which the duke can't help but admire, but when Clubfoot is imprisoned and executed, the Duke searches for a substitute. There are disposable young girls aplenty in Wu, and the Duke soon acquires a young beauty on whom he can apply all the arts of feet shrinking formerly practised by Clubfoot, but now perfected by the obsessed Duke.

'David Foster's account of the origins of foot binding in China is told in the manner of tale from one of the Thousand and One Nights.'

Source: ABC Radio National's website, http://www.abc.net.au/
Sighted: 11/08/2008
1 A Plea on Behalf of Eros David Foster , 2008 single work prose
— Appears in: True Blue? : On Being Australian 2008; (p. 39)
1 Aboriginality and the Hope of Art : Explaining Australia in Arkansas David Foster , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 49 no. 11 2005; (p. 22-31) Edited version of a lecture given at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, USA, April 2002.
1 Quod Potero Sedulo David Foster , 2002 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2002 2002; (p. 300-304) The Best Australian Essays : A Ten Year Collection 2011;
1 An Ill Wind David Foster , 2002-2003 single work essay travel
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 December-14 January vol. 120 no. 6355 2002-2003; (p. 100-101)
1 2 y separately published work icon A Year of Slow Food A Year of Slow Food : Four Seasons of Growing and Enjoying Food in the Australian Countryside David Foster , Gerda Foster , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 Z965660 2001 single work non-fiction
1 9 y separately published work icon The Land Where Stories End : As Narrated by the Angel Depicted in 'Madonna con Bambino e due Angeli' by Filippo Lippi David Foster , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 Z819579 2001 single work novel fable A post-modern fable set in Dark Ages Ireland. A king had a beautiful daughter. She was so beautiful that any man who saw her at once wanted to marry her. The poor king got so fed up with this he locked his daughter in a round tower where an old monastery had once stood. In the end the king was forced to proclaim that any man who could open the door would have his daughter's hand in marriage and become heir to the throne.
1 Writers on Reading : Too Much is Not Enough David Foster , 2000 single work column autobiography
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , October vol. 5 no. 9 2000; (p. 28)
1 Hot Air Vs the Novel David Foster , 2000 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 September 2000; (p. 5)
1 7 y separately published work icon Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , Milsons Point : Random House , 1999 Z150786 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
1 Always the Hooligan (from In the New Country) David Foster , 1999 extract
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 April 1999; (p. 7)
1 17 y separately published work icon In the New Country David Foster , London : Fourth Estate , 1999 Z114128 1999 single work novel satire
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