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First known date: 1976 Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Land Behind the World
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y separately published work icon The Land Behind the World Anne Parry , Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1976 Z764673 1976 single work children's fiction fantasy children's

'When Bara finds herself in the Land Behind the World she meets people with strange powers. Why was she chosen to help them? What danger is there in the Fields of Silver? What is a Missing Person and who are the Flugs?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2020 ed).

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y separately published work icon The Lost Souls of the Twilight Anne Parry , Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1977 Z764676 1977 single work children's fiction fantasy children's

'This book is the sequel to The Land Behind the World. In the first book, a girl called Bara develops her awareness to the point where she discovers the Land Behind the World. Entering it, she is greeted as a “Missing Person”, and joins Susie, Zaddik and the rest of those who are fighting the Flugs of Grey City. When the magical character the Fool, appears it is evident that great changes are coming. At the end of the first book, Bara and the others have escaped from Grey City, leaving it in a state of disruption as the Flugs run wild.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2010 ed.).

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y separately published work icon The Crown of Darkness Anne Parry , Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1979 Z764679 1979 single work children's fiction fantasy children's

'This book is the third in a quartet. The first two books, The Land Behind the World and The Lost Souls of the Twilight describe the adventures of Bara, a girl from our world who visits the Land Behind the World. The Land is a place of great contrasts: there is Grey City, a square, walled-in place where the people have become so soulless that they have turned into Flugs; there are the Western Mountains, the home of the Hill-folk, free, wild, full of life and colour and between these two the Grey Waste, a desolate place burned by the glaring sun and swept by howling dust storms. In the second book the Flugs tried to invade the Western Mountains but they were beaten at the Battle of Glendower, when the magical character, the Fool, led the Lost Souls of the Twilight into their midst. The news of the Flugs' defeat spread swiftly and many things began to change all over the Land.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2010 ed.).

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y separately published work icon The Crown of Light Anne Parry , Cremorne : Pinchgut Press , 1980 Z560282 1980 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'This is the fourth book in the series about the Land Behind the World. In the first book Bara, Dov and Eris come into conflict with the soulless Flugs of Grey City and in subsequent books the struggle between life and the deathly influence of the Grey Folk continues. Now, in The Crown of Light, Bara and her two friends join forces again in an exciting culmination of the story begun in the Land Behind the World.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2010 ed.)

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y separately published work icon Zaddik and the Seafarers Anne Parry , Cremorne : Pinchgut Press , 1983 Z560938 1983 single work children's fiction children's

'This is the first title in the second series about the Land Behind the World. In the four previous books Zaddik was a grown man. Here is the story of his boyhood and his time on the sailing ships of Scyld, the seagoing tribe of the Travelling Nation. The second volume in this series will be Beyond the Outlandish Mountains.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon Beyond the Outlandish Mountains Anne Parry , Katoomba : Second Back Row Press , 1984 Z834265 1984 single work children's fiction children's When Zaddik grew up he became one of the most renowned signbearers in Shemara. But he had not always been wise. When he was young he learnt the hard way. What was it that he had to learn in the Outlandish Mountains and beyond? (Libraries Australia record)
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y separately published work icon The Council of Elders Anne Parry , Canberra : Pinchgut Press , 2011 20887554 2010 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'When Zaddik grew up he became one of the most renowned Signbearers in Shemara. But he had not always been wise. The Council of Elders has called him. His first task is to find them. Where are they and how can he find them? What is his mistake and how can he make it right? This is the long awaited seventh book about the Land Behind the World and is the sequel to Beyond the Outlandish Mountains.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Signbearers Anne Parry , Canberra : Pinchgut Press , 2011 20888276 2010 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'This is the eighth book in the series about the Land Behind the World. It is the fourth and last book of the second quartet. This story happens just before the events of the Land Behind the World. Strange people have journeyed across Shemara to meet Zaddik. What do they want and how can Zaddik help them?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Immortals Anne Parry , Canberra : Pinchgut Press , 2011 20888201 2011 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'This is the ninth book in the Land Behind the World series. It is the first book of a quartet set in the dawn of time in the Land Behind the World. This is the story of the beginnings of the Travelling nation. It is the last book Anne finished before she died.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Works about this Work

Untitled John Cohen , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 78 1981; (p. 63-64)

— Review of Land Behind the World Anne Parry , 1976 series - author
Untitled John Cohen , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 78 1981; (p. 63-64)

— Review of Land Behind the World Anne Parry , 1976 series - author
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