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The Silent Woman single work   short story   humour   war literature  
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Silent Woman
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An Australian soldier driving a truck along a slippery road in fog at night is impatient with a silent woman standing in the middle of the road refusing to move. It is not until he goes up to speak to her that he realises someone has placed a stone angel statue in the middle of the road.

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