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What Happened up There? single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 What Happened up There?
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At Mass, the narrator meets a man with no fingers except his thumbs. He meets the man again later in a cafe. After serving him tea and observing his struggle with the hot teapot, they talk, and the man tells the story of how he lost his fingers climbing Mt Everest, to the narrator's great surprise.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability

    Loss of fingers.

    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person (not the disabled character).

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