Relief / Anna Taylor.
Material type: TextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. Victoria University Press, 2009.Description: 221 pagesContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780864735874
- NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction Award 2010 Winner.
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Fiction | Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Stack Room | Stack Room | TAY | 1 | Available | T00483553 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Effortlessly blending dark humor with unnerving situations, this collection of stories addresses a variety of entertaining scenarios with warmth and subtlety. From a story about a little girl out of her depth in a friendship with an adult neighbor to an armed intruder thwarted by a bee and from a tale about a woman determined to believe in her brother's goodness under the shadow of accusation to a story about a Christmas dinner guest who will eat only peas, these works describe surreal, sometimes menacing situations that are equally original and funny.
Short stories.
Working girl -- Electricity -- Michael's fasting for Christmas -- Going under -- The beekeeper -- Panic -- History -- Relief -- The dress -- In the wind -- Birds
NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction Award 2010 Winner.
New Zealand Post Book Awards - Winner Best First Book Award 2010
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Working Girl (p. 9)
- Electricity (p. 33)
- Michael's Fasting for Christmas (p. 55)
- Going Under (p. 77)
- The Beekeeper (p. 101)
- Panic (p. 113)
- History (p. 125)
- Relief (p. 149)
- The Dress (p. 165)
- In the Wind (p. 177)
- Birds (p. 205)