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Stories From The Warm Zone
''Stories from the Warm Zone'' (1987) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Jessica Anderson. It was published by Penguin Books in 1987. The collection includes 8 stories by the author, all bar one ("Under the House") were published in this collection for the first time. The collection is also known by the title ''Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories''. Contents Synopsis The book is divided into two sections: the first details a number of anecdotes from Anderson's childhood involving her family, to all of whom she gives false names, which has been described as "her most poignant evocation of her childhood home";''The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English'', p16 the second part, less obviously autobiographical, sketches various lives and relationships against the backdrop of urban Sydney. Critical reception Paul Salzmann, writing in ''Australian Book Review'' noted: "In keeping with Anderson's complex view of families, no easy division bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Anderson (writer)
Jessica Margaret Anderson (née Queale; 25 September 19169 July 2010) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Born in Gayndah, Anderson lived the bulk of her life in Sydney apart from a few years in London. She began her career writing short stories for newspapers and drama scripts for radio, especially adaptations of well-known novels. Embarking on her career as a novelist relatively late in life - her first novel was published when she was 47 - her early novels attracted little attention. She rose to prominence upon the publication of her fourth novel, '' Tirra Lirra by the River'', published in 1978. Although she remains best known for this work, several of her novels have garnered high acclaim, most notably ''The Impersonators'' (1980) and ''Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories'' (1987), both of which have won awards. She won the Miles Franklin Literary Award twice, and has been published in Britain and the United States. Jessica Anderson died at Elizab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year."About Penguin – company history" , Penguin Books. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through and other stores for sixpence, bringing high-quality fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impersonators
''The Impersonators'' (1980) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Jessica Anderson. It was published in the United States under the alternative title ''The Only Daughter''. The novel won both the Miles Franklin Award in 1980, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in 1981. Plot outline The novel details Sylvia Foley's return to Australia after having lived in England for twenty years. Having come to the conclusion that worldly possessions and marriage are the main stumbling blocks to achieving freedom, Sylvia returns to find each of her Australian relatives bound by both constraints, making them "impersonators." Critical reception Hope Hewitt, in '' The Canberra Times'', found a lot to like about the novel but ultimately stated: "I cannot rate this book quite as high as its predecessor: it is hard to get into; the problem of family relationships bedevils personal ones. Its finish is less easy to rest with. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Books
Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim and then acquired by the Penguin Group in 1975. History Guinzburg, a Harvard graduate and former employee of Simon and Schuster and Oppenheimer, a graduate of Williams College and Alfred A. Knopf, founded Viking in 1925 with the goal of publishing nonfiction and "distinguished fiction with some claim to permanent importance rather than ephemeral popular interest." B. W. Huebsch joined the firm shortly afterward. Harold Guinzburg's son Thomas became president in 1961. The firm's name and logo—a Viking ship drawn by Rockwell Kent—were meant to evoke the ideas of adventure, exploration, and enterprise implied by the word "Viking." In August 1961, they acquired H.B. Huesbsch, which maintained a list of backlist titles from authors such as James Joyce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Book Of The Year Award
''The Age'' Book of the Year Awards were annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's ''The Age'' newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. After 1998, they were presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for fiction (or imaginative writing), the other for non-fiction work, but in 1993, a poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added.Wilde et al. (1994) p. 23 The criteria were that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character", and be published in the year before the award was made. One of the award-winners was chosen as The Age Book of the Year. The awards were discontinued in 2013. In 2021 The Age Book of the Year was revived as a fiction prize, with the winner announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival. ''The Age'' Book of the Year (Years link to corresponding " earin literature" or " earin Australian literature" articles.) *2021: ''The Rain Heron'' by Robbie Arnott *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1987. Events * Glenda Adams won the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for ''Dancing on Coral'' Major publications Novels * Glenda Adams — ''Dancing on Coral'' * Murray Bail — '' Holden's Performance'' * Sumner Locke Elliott — ''Waiting for Childhood'' * Barbara Hanrahan — ''Kewpie Doll'' * Nicholas Jose — ''Paper Nautilus'' * Thomas Keneally — ''The Playmaker'' * Olga Masters — ''Amy's Children'' * Colleen McCullough — '' The Ladies of Missalonghi'' * Boyd Oxlade — ''Death in Brunswick'' * Eric Willmot — ''Pemulwuy, the Rainbow Warrior'' Short stories * Jessica Anderson — ''Stories from the Warm Zone'' * Thea Astley — ''It's Raining in Mango'' * Julie Lewis — ''The Walls of Jericho: Stories'' * Patrick White — ''Three Uneasy Pieces'' Children's and young adult fiction * John Marsden — ''So Much to Tell You'' Science fiction and fantasy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Short Story Collections
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
