The Oxford book of New Zealand short stories /
The Oxford book of New Zealand short stories /
selected by Vincent O'Sullivan.
- Auckland ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- xii, 450 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 1992. Includes biographical notes (p. 441-449). Includes a Glossary of Maori and Samoan Words (p. 450).
From Christmas Day in New Zealand / Lady Barker -- Married for his money / Clara Cheeseman -- One Lady at Wairakei / Rudyard Kipling -- Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill) / Henry Lawson -- Hantock's Dissertation / G. B. Lancaster -- The wind blows ; An indiscreet journey / Katherine Mansfield -- The perfect mother / Jean Devanny -- Home front / Greville Texidor -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Old man's story / Frank Sargeson -- Another kind of life / Roderick Finlayson -- Coming and going / Dan Davin -- School picnic / A. P. Gaskell -- A Dalmatian woman / Amelia Batistich -- A Girl with ambition / G. R. Gilbert -- Along Rideout Road that summer / Maurice Duggan -- Cross my heart and cut my throat / Ronald Hugh Morrieson -- The reservoir ; The bath / Janet Frame -- Up the river with Mrs Gallant / Barbara Anderson -- One of the Titans / Renato Amato -- Corrective training / Noel Hilliard -- The morning talk / Yvonne du Fresne -- A glorious morning, Comrade / Maurice Gee -- The People before / Maurice Shadbolt -- A New Zealand Elegy / C. K. Stead -- An opinion of the ballet / Alexander Guyan -- Fog / Russell Haley -- The Silk / Joy Cowley -- Journey ; Between earth and sky / Patricia Grace -- Dandy Edison for lunch / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Crocodile / Albert Wendt -- The tennis player / Fiona Kidman -- Valley day / Owen Marshall -- Mumsie and Zip / Owen Marshall -- Jack Kerouac sat down beside the Wanganui River and wept / Michael Morrissey -- Big brother, little sister / Witi Ihimaera -- The poet's wife / Bill Manhire -- The gringos / Ian Wedde -- Jim's Elvis / Colleen Reilly -- One whale, singing / Keri Hulme -- The gift / Fiona Farrell -- Outing / Peter Wells -- Archaeology / John Cranna -- Who's that dancing with my mother? / Lloyd Jones -- The wife who spoke Japanese in her sleep / Vivienne Plumb -- A veil dropped from a great height / Anne Kennedy -- Baby Clare / Anthony McCarten.
0195582918 (pbk.)
94148963
Short stories, New Zealand.
New Zealand--Fiction.
PR9637.32 / .O94 1994
823/.0108993
Originally published: 1992. Includes biographical notes (p. 441-449). Includes a Glossary of Maori and Samoan Words (p. 450).
From Christmas Day in New Zealand / Lady Barker -- Married for his money / Clara Cheeseman -- One Lady at Wairakei / Rudyard Kipling -- Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill) / Henry Lawson -- Hantock's Dissertation / G. B. Lancaster -- The wind blows ; An indiscreet journey / Katherine Mansfield -- The perfect mother / Jean Devanny -- Home front / Greville Texidor -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Old man's story / Frank Sargeson -- Another kind of life / Roderick Finlayson -- Coming and going / Dan Davin -- School picnic / A. P. Gaskell -- A Dalmatian woman / Amelia Batistich -- A Girl with ambition / G. R. Gilbert -- Along Rideout Road that summer / Maurice Duggan -- Cross my heart and cut my throat / Ronald Hugh Morrieson -- The reservoir ; The bath / Janet Frame -- Up the river with Mrs Gallant / Barbara Anderson -- One of the Titans / Renato Amato -- Corrective training / Noel Hilliard -- The morning talk / Yvonne du Fresne -- A glorious morning, Comrade / Maurice Gee -- The People before / Maurice Shadbolt -- A New Zealand Elegy / C. K. Stead -- An opinion of the ballet / Alexander Guyan -- Fog / Russell Haley -- The Silk / Joy Cowley -- Journey ; Between earth and sky / Patricia Grace -- Dandy Edison for lunch / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Crocodile / Albert Wendt -- The tennis player / Fiona Kidman -- Valley day / Owen Marshall -- Mumsie and Zip / Owen Marshall -- Jack Kerouac sat down beside the Wanganui River and wept / Michael Morrissey -- Big brother, little sister / Witi Ihimaera -- The poet's wife / Bill Manhire -- The gringos / Ian Wedde -- Jim's Elvis / Colleen Reilly -- One whale, singing / Keri Hulme -- The gift / Fiona Farrell -- Outing / Peter Wells -- Archaeology / John Cranna -- Who's that dancing with my mother? / Lloyd Jones -- The wife who spoke Japanese in her sleep / Vivienne Plumb -- A veil dropped from a great height / Anne Kennedy -- Baby Clare / Anthony McCarten.
0195582918 (pbk.)
94148963
Short stories, New Zealand.
New Zealand--Fiction.
PR9637.32 / .O94 1994
823/.0108993