Research Catalog

Title

The Picador book of contemporary New Zealand fiction / edited by Fergus Barrowman.

Publication

London : Picador, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Barrowman, Fergus

Description

xli, 470 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"This anthology represents New Zealand fiction published from 1979 to the end of 1994"--P. vii.

Alternative Title

• New Zealand fiction
• Contemporary New Zealand fiction
• Book of contemporary New Zealand fiction

Subject

• Johannes Stobaeus ca. 5. Jh
• Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires
• 1900-1999
• New Zealand fiction > 20th century
• Short stories, New Zealand
• New Zealand > Social life and customs > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Short stories
• Fiction.
• Short stories.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-470).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Insulation / Janet Frame -- from The house of strife / Maurice Shadbolt -- from Prowlers / Maurice Gee -- The dreamtime ; from All visitors ashore / C.K. Stead -- The last of Freddie / Vincent O'Sullivan / The bridge-builder / Margaret Mahy -- Ponies / Bill Manhire -- from Symmes Hole / Ian Wedde -- Fog / Russell Haley -- from Bulibasha, king of the gypsies / Witi Ihimaera -- The balloonfish and the armadillo / Albert Wendt -- Toko from Potiki / Patricia Grace -- Hats / Fiona Kidman -- A day with yesterman / Owen Marshall -- Te tohunga makutu / Apirana Taylor -- from Other halves / Sue McCauley -- Te kaihau, the windeater / Keri Hulme -- Swimming to Australia / Lloyd Jones -- Mrs Pratt goes to China / Shonagh Koea -- from Pomare / Elizabeth Knox -- A story about Skinny Louie -- Gregory O'Brien / The verge of losing somebody ; from Diesel mystic -- The road to Damascus / Anne Kennedy.
• Miss Hobbs thinks about the peonies at the kamikaze ; Pilots' memorial at Etajima / Barbara Anderson -- Visitors / John Cranna -- The basketball girls / Ngahuia te Awekotuku -- The house of angry ; Belonging ; from Once were warriors / Alan Duff -- Cable from The miserables / Damien Wilkins -- Outing / Peter Wells -- from Motel view / Forbes Williams -- Not her real name / Emily Perkins.
• Insulation / Janet Frame -- from The house of strife / Maurice Shadbot -- from Prowlers / Maurice Gee -- The dreamtime ; from All visitors ashore / C. K. Stead -- Thelast of Freddie / Vincent O'Sullivan -- The brige-builder / Margaret Mahy -- Ponies / Bill Manhire -- from Symmes Hole / Ian Wedde -- Fog / Russell Haley -- from Bulibahsa, king of the gypsies / Witi Ihimaera -- The balloonfish and the armadillo / Albert Wendt -- Toko from Potiki / Patricia Grace -- Hats / Fiona Kidman -- A day with Yesterman / Owen Marshall -- Te Tohunga Makutu / Apirana Taylor -- from Other halves / Sue McCauley -- Te Kaihau = The windeater / Keri Hulme -- Swimming to Australia / Lloyd Jones -- Mrs Pratt goes to China / Shonagh Koea -- from Pomare / Elizabeth Knox -- A story about Skinny Louie / Fiona Farrell.
• The verge of losing somebody ; from Diesel mystic / Gregory O'Brien -- The road to Damascus / Anne Kennedy -- Miss Hobbs thinks about the peonies at the Kamikaze Pilots' Memorial at Etajima -- Visitors / John Cranna -- The basketball girls / Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- The house of angry ; Belonging ; from Once were warriors / Alan Duff -- Cable from The miserables / Damien Wilkins -- Outing / Peter Wells -- from Motel view / Forbes Williams -- Not her real name / Emily Perkins.

ISBN

0330339966

LCCN

^^^96226310^

OCLC

35057247

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library