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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
This text contains a selection of stories and poems from China and Australia suitable for use by Year 10-12 students in, for example, English and literature studies. (Source: Back cover)
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains references to China.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Longman
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- From "Chinese Journey", extract poetry (p. 2-3)
- The Angry Kettle, Chris Berry (translator), single work short story (p. 7-10)
- The Golden Shanty A Profitable Pub, single work short story humour (p. 11-22)
- Fourteen Meni"Fourteen men,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- My Chinese Identity, single work autobiography (p. 28-33)
- Shot by Both Sides?, single work autobiography (p. 30-33)
- Kong: Fossil, single work short story (p. 34-37)
- From The Crocodile Fury, extract (p. 47-49)
- Australian Landscapei"Here where five bells toll south of my days", single work poetry satire (p. 108)
- On the Acquisition of Four Famous Chinese Novels for the Senior Library and Related Mattersi"Ms Hewson announces the event", single work poetry (p. 109-110)
- Pity About the System, single work autobiography (p. 111-116)
- Gold Prospecting, Nicholas Jose (translator), Sue Trevaskes (translator), extract (p. 122-125)
- To a Nine-Year-Old Girl Killed in the Massacrei"They say that you tripped on a piece of skipping elastic", single work poetry (p. 132)
- On Seeing Red Sorghum, June 1989i"To survive would have been more than enough.", single work poetry (p. 133)
- Beijing Massacrei"If only they had kept it out of sight,", single work poetry (p. 133-134)
- Screen Dreams and Nightmares, single work criticism (p. 137-144)
- The Not-So-Good Earthi"For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families", single work poetry satire (p. 150)
- Memory Fishi"Even as a man I'm caught", single work poetry (p. 164-165)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Year the Dragon Came : Post-Tiananmen Stories
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 444-451)
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The Year the Dragon Came : Post-Tiananmen Stories
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 444-451)
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