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The Oxford book of New Zealand short stories

Author: Vincent O'Sullivan
Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Vincent O'Sullivan
ISBN: 0195582527 9780195582529 0195582519 9780195582512
OCLC Number: 27762580
Description: xii, 387 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Christmas day in New Zealand / Lady Barker (1831-1911) --
Married for his money / Clara Cheeseman (1852-1943) --
One lady at Wairakei / Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) --
Stiffner and Jim (thirdly, Bill) / Henry Lawson (1867-1922) --
Hantock's dissertation / G.B. Lancaster (1873-1945) --
The wind blows --
An indiscreet journey / Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) --
The perfect mother / Jean Devanny (1894-1962) --
Home front / Greville Texidor (1902-1964) --
A great day --
Old man's story / Frank Sargeson (1902-1982) --
Another kind of life / Roderick Finlayson (1904-1992) --
Coming and going / Dan Davin (1913-1990) --
School picnic / A. P. Gaskell (b. 1913) --
A dalmatian woman / Amelia Batistich (b. 1915) --
A girl with ambition / G. R. Gilbert (b. 1917) --
Along Rideout Road that Summer / Maurice Duggan (1922-1974) Cross my heart and cut my throat / Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922-1972) --
The reservoir --
The bath / Janet Frame (b. 1924) --
Up the river with Mrs. Gallant / Barbara Anderson (b. 1926) --
One of the Titans / Renato Amato (1928-1964) --
Corrective training / Noel Hilliard (b. 1929) --
Morning talk / Yvonne du Fresne (b. 1929) --
A glorious morning, comrade / Maurice Gee (b. 1931) --
The people before / Maurice Shadbolt (b. 1932) --
A New Zealand elegy / C. K. Stead (b. 1932) --
An opinion of the ballet / Alexander Guyan (1933-1991) --
Fog / Russell Haley (b. 1937) The silk / Joy Crowley (b. 1936) --
Journey --
Between earth and sky / Patricia Grace (b. 1937) --
Dandy Edison for lunch / Vincent O'Sullivan (b. 1937)--
Crocodile / Albert Wendt (b. 1939) --
Valley day --
Mumsie and Zip / Owen Marshall (b. 1941) Jack Kerouac sat down beside the Wanganui River and wept / Michael Morissey (b. 1942) --
Big brother, little sister / Witi Ihimaera (b. 1944) --
The poet's wife / Bill Manhire (b. 1946) --
The gringos / Ian Wedde (b. 1946) --
Jim's Elvis / Colleen Reilly (b. 1946) --
One whale, singing / Keri Hulme (b. 1947) --
The gift / Fiona Farrell (b. 1947) --
Outing / Peter Wells (b. 1953) --
Archaeology / John Cranna (b. 1955) / Who's that dancing with my mother? / Lloyd Jones (b. 1955) --
The wife who spoke Japanese in her sleep / Vivienne Plumb (b. 1955) --
A veil dropped from a great height / Anne Kennedy (b. 1959)--
Baby Clare / Anthony McCarten (b. 1961)
Other Titles: New Zealand short stories.
Responsibility: selected by Vincent O'Sullivan.

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