The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories
| Book | The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Author | Murray Bail |
| 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 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-
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