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Milk (short story collection)

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Milk
AuthorBeverley Farmer
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMcPhee Gribble
Publication date
1983
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages178 pp
ISBN0140071849
Preceded bySnake 
Followed byHome Time 

Milk (1983) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Beverley Farmer. It was published by McPhee Gribble in 1983.[1]

The collection includes 15 stories by the author from a variety of sources.[1]

Contents

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  • "Milk"
  • "Melpo"
  • "Sally's Birthday"
  • "Saint Kay's Day"
  • "At the Airport"
  • "Ismini"
  • "Darling Odile"
  • "Gerontissa"
  • "Snake"
  • "Pumpkin"
  • "Summer on Ice"
  • "Inheritance"
  • "The Captain's House"
  • "Woman in a Mirror"
  • "Maria's Girl"

Dedication

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  • "All of us are passing through no matter where we go...." Stratis Myrivilis, The Mermaid Madonna

Critical reception

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Writing in The Canberra Times reviewer Susan McKernan noted: "Farmer is a sensual writer — she describes food, the feel of sand or ice or sex, sunsets and sunrises, with a poet's understanding. Sometimes her ability to convey sensual experience is disturbing and even nauseating — as in her description of how it feels to have cancer of the cervix."[2]

Publication history

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After its original publication in 1983[3] the collection was reprinted by McPhee Gribble in 1990.[4]

Awards

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The collection won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in 1984.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Milk by Beverley Farmer". Austlit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ ""The resilient and the sensual"". The Canberra Times, 21 January 1984, p18. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Milk (McPhee Gribble 1983)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Milk (McPhee Gribble 1990)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Austlit — Christina Stead Prize 1984". Austlit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.