The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories
| Book | The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories |
| Editor | Murray Bail |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Contributing Writer | Marjorie Barnard, Christina Stead, Hal Porter, Judah Waten, Dal Stivens, Patrick White (2), Peter Cowan, Olga Masters, Elizabeth Jolley, Elizabeth Harrower, Shirley Hazzard, Fay Zwicky, David Malouf, Frank Moorhouse, Gerald Murnane, Beverley Farmer, Helen Garner (author), Michael Wilding, Peter Carey (2), Barry Hill, Barbara Brooks, Joan London, Kate Grenville, David Brooks (4) |
| Cover Art by | Keith Bowen |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London; Boston |
| Pages / Font | 413 pages |
| Price | £12.95 net |
| ISBN 10 | 0-571-14763-1 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9780571147632 |
| Chapters | Acknowledgements Introduction MARJORIE BARNARD 1897-1987 The Persimmon Tree CHRISTINA STEAD 1902-83 A Harmless Affair My Friend, Lafe Tilly HAL PORTER 1911-84 Gretel JUDAH WATEN 1911-85 Mother DAL STIVENS 1911- The Wonderfully Intelligent Sheep-Dog PATRICK WHITE 1912- Down at the Dump Clay PETER COWAN 1914- The Voice OLGA MASTERS 1919-86 A Rat in the Building ELIZABETH JOLLEY 1923- Five Acre Virgin Frederick the Great Returns to Fairfields ELIZABETH HARROWER 1928- The Cost of Things SHIRLEY HAZZARD 1931- The Meeting FAY ZWICKY 1933- Hostages DAVID MALOUF 1934- The Sun in Winter FRANK MOORHOUSE 1938- From a Bush Log Book: Going into the Heartlands with the Wrong Person at Christmas Libido and Life Lessons GERALD MURNANE 1939- The Only Adam BEVERLEY FARMER 1941- Melpo A Man in the Laundrette HELEN GARNER 1942- The Life of Art What We Say MICHAEL WILDING 1942- The Sybarites The Man of Slow Feeling PETER CAREY 1943- American Dreams 'Do You Love Me?' BARRY HILL 1943- Fires on the Beach BARBARA BROOKS 1947- Summer in Sydney JOAN LONDON 1948- New Year KATE GRENVILLE 1950- Slow Dissolve DAVID BROOKS 1953- John Gilbert's Dog |
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