The best Australian stories 2006
2006
Book
Carmel Bird (The legacy of Rita Marquand) - Patrick West (Nhill) - Frank Moorhouse (I do not want to be having this conversation) - Cate Kennedy (Cold snap) - Gillian Bouras (Patterns) - Peter Goldsworthy (Shooting the dog) - Marion Halligan (The original is unfaithful to the translation).
Item Details
ISBN: 9781863952705
Description:
- 380 pages ; 21 cm
- regular print
Other Title: Best Australian stories two thousand and six
Contents:
- Like the world's an armchair / Paddy O'Reilly
- I feel so strong / Venero Armanno
- Fox Unpopuli / Eva Sallis
- Ain't no ordinary ham / Will Elliott
- Indelible ink / Fiona McGregor
- The shed / Chris Womersley
- Dangerous shoes / Christine Stanton
- Another man / Gerard Windsor
- Twenty pink questions / Fabienne Bayet-Charlton
- The good Howard / Tony Birch
- Jet lag / Catherine Ford
- Mattress sale / David J. Kramer
- The legacy of Rita Marquand / Carmel Bird
- Nhill /Patrick West
- The Jesus of ants / Amanda le Bas de Plumetot
- Rockpools / Girija Tropp
- The pact / Laurie Clancy
- Rabbit / Leanne Hall
- Running from right to left / Margaret Barbalet
- I so do not want to be having this conversation / Frank Moorhouse
- Flame bugs on the sixth island / Patrick Holland
- Ashes / Alex Miller
- Bean paddock blues / Barry Cooper
- Barcelona honours the prostitute Maria Llopis / John Bryson
- Cold snap / Cate Kennedy
- There are not many good people left in the world / Mandy Sayer
- Today on Dr Phil / Tom Cho
- The coral cay / Sandra Hall
- Emily / Daniel Wynne
- Dust / Patrick Cullen
- Drop / Shady Cosgrove
- Train / Shady Cosgrove
- Woman weeping / Anson Cameron
- Patterns / Gillian Gouras
- Shooting the dog / Peter Goldsworthy
- Tactics / Karen Hitchcock
- Asleep / Kim Scott
- Paradise / Jennifer Robertson
- Drive / John Kinsella
- Over the sea / Sonja Dechian
- Loved her more than lettuce / Gavin Carver
- Breathing Amber
- The original is unfaithful to the translation / Marion Halligan
- John F. Kennedy is very surprised / Jenny Sinclair
- Requiem / Shane Strange.
Control Number: 2811734
Publisher: Melbourne : Black Incorporated, 2006.Subjects: Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.
Genre: Short stories.
Other Authors: Drewe, Robert, 1943-