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A selection of thematically linked short stories.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Things Could Be Worse,
selected work
short story
'This work tells of a Jewish family in Melbourne and its company of friends, and explores issues of conflict and reconciliation, and of memory and forgetting in relation to her protagonists' experiences of the Holocaust.' (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008, p. 10)
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What God Wants,
selected work
short story
humour
satire
A series of interlocking stories in vignette style, set in Melbourne's Jewish community and tracing the lives of a group of people. (Source: UQP)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139) -
Surviving the Suffering
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 March 2000;
— Review of Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story -
An Innocent Looking Book
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 19 no. 3 2000; (p. 74-75)
— Review of Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story -
Paperbacks
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 January 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Neap Tide 1999 single work novel ; Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story
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Paperbacks
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 January 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Neap Tide 1999 single work novel ; Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story -
An Innocent Looking Book
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 19 no. 3 2000; (p. 74-75)
— Review of Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story -
Surviving the Suffering
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 March 2000;
— Review of Collected Stories 1999 selected work short story -
Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139)
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