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Going Home single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Going Home
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1986 Z403285 1986 selected work short story novella

    'An outstanding collection of stories about contemporary aboriginal life in urban and rural Western Australia. These humorous and bleak tales focus upon young men attempting to break free from the cycle of poverty and despair.'(Publication summary)

    Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1986
    pg. 1-11
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Literature : An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under Phyllis Fahrie Edelson (editor), New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1993 Z110937 1993 anthology short story criticism extract biography 'Spanning more than a century, Australian Literature crystallizes a spirit, style, and ethos found nowhere else in world literature. These captivating selections in Australian Literature come from major voices, both famous and lesser known, and encompass short stories, memoirs, novels and aboriginal writings. Resonant or wryly witty, charming or disturbing, they explore themes deeply rooted in the Australian experience—shaping the land, the legacies of the convict past, the displacement of the aborigine, the search for a national identity, sex, love, and commitment.' (Publication summary)
     
    New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1993
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Writing from Australia Wendy Morgan (editor), Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1994 Z100967 1994 anthology short story poetry biography prose humour dreaming story Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1994 pg. 53-64
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Contemporary Classics 65-95 : The Best Australian Short Fiction 1965-1995 Don Anderson (editor), Milsons Point : Vintage Australia , 1996 Z254156 1996 anthology short story poetry extract Milsons Point : Vintage Australia , 1996 pg. 601-617
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Home and Away : Australian Stories of Belonging and Alienation Bruce Bennett (editor), Susan Hayes (editor), Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 2000 Z405961 2000 anthology short story Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 2000 pg. 114-127
Alternative title: Ve nha
Language: English , Vietnamese
Notes:
Text in English and Vietnamese on facing pages.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Short Stories Truyen ngan Uc Rose Moxham (editor), Trinh Lu (translator), Hanoi : Hoi Nhaa Van , 2005 Z1325413 2005 anthology short story Translations of twenty short stories ranging from Lawson to Matthew Condon. Hanoi : Hoi Nhaa Van , 2005 pg. 244-273

Works about this Work

'Deadly' Work : Reading the Short Fiction of Archie Weller Janine Little , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 190-199)
A Short History of Aboriginal Writing Mudrooroo , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , August vol. 2 no. 2 1990; (p. 36-38)
'Deadly' Work : Reading the Short Fiction of Archie Weller Janine Little , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 190-199)
A Short History of Aboriginal Writing Mudrooroo , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , August vol. 2 no. 2 1990; (p. 36-38)
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