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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 The Weekly Card Game
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1994 .
      Extent: 303p.
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      • Cover reads : The Weekly Card Game : A Tragicomic Novel
      • Dedication: For Sallie and Hayley and Oliver.
      ISBN: 0869143220
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Works about this Work

Lost in Diversion : Repetition and Ennui in Antoni Jach’s The Weekly Card Game Jean-François Vernay , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Long Paddock , no. 5 2009; 'If anything, The Weekly Card Game (1994) reads like a hazardous experiment with the conventions of the novel. You have to be something of a gambler when you put tedium vitae at the core of a narrative. Naturally, very few sensible writers would dare take up this risky challenge in an increasingly market-oriented publishing industry, as action-packed and tension-building novels dominated by an outstanding central character are more likely to turn into bestsellers than contemplative narratives. And yet, Antoni Jach, who is all too conscious that he is playing for high stakes when pushing the exploration of boredom to endurable limits, has a card up his sleeve - a terse and measured prose sprinkled with deadpan humour with which he skilfully manages to entertain his readership. This essay will focus on the multifaceted expressions of boredom in The Weekly Card Game and relate them to the principle of repetition that pervades the narrative in order to examine the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of ennui.' (http://www.brandl.com.au/Southerly/southerly%20longpaddock/2-2009/Jachs.htm)
'An Intelligent Conversation of a Structured Kind' with Antoni Jach Jean-François Vernay (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 22 no. 1 2008; (p. 56-62) Etchings , no. 5 2008; (p. 30-46)
First Novels Sara Dowse , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 5 no. 2 1995; (p. 118-120)
— Review of The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Satire in Spades Julian Croft , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 February 1995; (p. rev 6)
— Review of The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Lost John Jenkins , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 139 1995; (p. 79-82)
— Review of The White Woman Liam Davison , 1994 single work novel ; The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Taking a Dip Rosemary Sorensen , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 December 1994; (p. 8)
— Review of The Wildlife Reserve Laurie Clancy , 1994 single work novel ; The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel ; Tit for Tat Terry Lane , 1994 single work novel
Lost John Jenkins , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 139 1995; (p. 79-82)
— Review of The White Woman Liam Davison , 1994 single work novel ; The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Cerebral and Visceral Symphonies of Life Down Under Miriam Cosic , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 November 1994; (p. 11A)
— Review of Romeo of the Underworld Venero Armanno , 1994 single work novel ; The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Ritual Games Tina Muncaster , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 166 1994; (p. 11)
— Review of The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
Satire in Spades Julian Croft , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 February 1995; (p. rev 6)
— Review of The Weekly Card Game Antoni Jach , 1994 single work novel
'An Intelligent Conversation of a Structured Kind' with Antoni Jach Jean-François Vernay (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 22 no. 1 2008; (p. 56-62) Etchings , no. 5 2008; (p. 30-46)
Lost in Diversion : Repetition and Ennui in Antoni Jach’s The Weekly Card Game Jean-François Vernay , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Long Paddock , no. 5 2009; 'If anything, The Weekly Card Game (1994) reads like a hazardous experiment with the conventions of the novel. You have to be something of a gambler when you put tedium vitae at the core of a narrative. Naturally, very few sensible writers would dare take up this risky challenge in an increasingly market-oriented publishing industry, as action-packed and tension-building novels dominated by an outstanding central character are more likely to turn into bestsellers than contemplative narratives. And yet, Antoni Jach, who is all too conscious that he is playing for high stakes when pushing the exploration of boredom to endurable limits, has a card up his sleeve - a terse and measured prose sprinkled with deadpan humour with which he skilfully manages to entertain his readership. This essay will focus on the multifaceted expressions of boredom in The Weekly Card Game and relate them to the principle of repetition that pervades the narrative in order to examine the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of ennui.' (http://www.brandl.com.au/Southerly/southerly%20longpaddock/2-2009/Jachs.htm)
Tales Told by a Writer Born to Listen Martin Flanagan , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1995; (p. 8)
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