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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Fig Tree
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The Fig Tree is a book of true stories with an extraordinary scope. It is about family, about home about the journeys that reveal to us who we are, and the ways in which contemporary tales reflect ancient myths. Arnold Zable begins with his own family. (Libraries Australia)

Notes

  • Dedication: A lengthy dedication to the author's family members and an unknown refugee.
  • There is also a sound recording The Fig Tree: a Musical Companion to Arnold Zable's Book (2003) by various artists. It consists of 18 tracks reflecting the cultural tone of the book, and won the National Film and Sound Archive 2004 National Folk Recording Award.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Text Publishing , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Telling Tales, Arnold Zable , single work autobiography (p. 1-10)
Singing Eternity, Arnold Zable , extract essay (p. 11-33)
The Record, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 34-48)
The Fig Tree, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 49-67)
Dancing Towards the End, Arnold Zable , single work prose travel (p. 68-78)
Ancestral Roads, Arnold Zable , single work autobiography travel (p. 79-126)
The Ballad of Mauthausen, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 127-144)
Walking Thessaloniki, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 145-168)
The Treasure, Arnold Zable , single work prose (p. 169-188)
Between Sky and Sea, Arnold Zable , single work prose travel (p. 189-216)
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  • Also sound recording.
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y separately published work icon Polities and Poetics : Race Relations and Reconciliation in Australian Literature Adelle Sefton-Rowston , Oxford : Peter Lang , 2022 24390199 2022 multi chapter work criticism

'A reconciliation movement spread across Australia during the 1990s, bringing significant marches, speeches, and policies across the country. Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians began imagining race relations in new ways and articulations of place, belonging, and being together began informing literature of a unique new genre. This book explores the political and poetic paradigms of reconciliation represented in Australian writing of this period. The author brings together textual evidence of themes and a vernacular contributing to the emergent genre of reconciliatory literature. The nexus between resistance and reconciliation is explored as a complex process to understanding sovereignty, colonial history, and the future of society. Moreover, this book argues it is creative writing that is most necessary for a deeper understanding of each other and of place, because it is writing that calls one to witness, to feel, and to imagine all at the same time.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
y separately published work icon The Fig Tree by Arnold Zable Gillian Bouras , Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 2003 Z1483042 2003 single work criticism
The Question of Identity Laurie Clancy , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 169 2002; (p. 139-142)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract ; A Map of Gardens Gillian Mears , 2001 single work short story ; The Slow Death of Patrick O'Reilly Phil Leask , 2001 single work novel ; The Deepest Part of the Lake Robert Hillman , 2001 single work novel
Searching the Past for a Sense of Place Christopher Bantick , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 11 August 2002; (p. 50)
Zable's Fables Christopher Bantick , 2002 single work review column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 June 2002; (p. 14)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
Legacy Rooted in Survival Michael Sharkey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 May 2002; (p. 10-11)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
Odysseus at the Market Guy Rundle , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
Cherishing the Art of Creativity Michael McGirr , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
Truth Stranger than Fiction Kathy Hunt , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 May vol. 120 no. 6326 2002; (p. 70)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
Masterly Tales Susan Varga , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 242 2002; (p. 23)
— Review of The Fig Tree Arnold Zable , 2002 selected work autobiography prose extract
y separately published work icon The Fig Tree by Arnold Zable Gillian Bouras , Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 2003 Z1483042 2003 single work criticism
Searching the Past for a Sense of Place Christopher Bantick , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 11 August 2002; (p. 50)
y separately published work icon Polities and Poetics : Race Relations and Reconciliation in Australian Literature Adelle Sefton-Rowston , Oxford : Peter Lang , 2022 24390199 2022 multi chapter work criticism

'A reconciliation movement spread across Australia during the 1990s, bringing significant marches, speeches, and policies across the country. Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians began imagining race relations in new ways and articulations of place, belonging, and being together began informing literature of a unique new genre. This book explores the political and poetic paradigms of reconciliation represented in Australian writing of this period. The author brings together textual evidence of themes and a vernacular contributing to the emergent genre of reconciliatory literature. The nexus between resistance and reconciliation is explored as a complex process to understanding sovereignty, colonial history, and the future of society. Moreover, this book argues it is creative writing that is most necessary for a deeper understanding of each other and of place, because it is writing that calls one to witness, to feel, and to imagine all at the same time.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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