Milk (1983) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Beverley Farmer. It was published by McPhee Gribble in 1983.[1]
.png) | |
| Author | Beverley Farmer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | McPhee Gribble |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 178 pp |
| ISBN | 0140071849 |
| Preceded by | Snake |
| Followed by | Home Time |
The collection includes 15 stories by the author from a variety of sources.[1]
Contents
edit
|
Dedication
edit- "All of us are passing through no matter where we go...." Stratis Myrivilis, The Mermaid Madonna
Critical reception
editWriting 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
editAfter its original publication in 1983[3] the collection was reprinted by McPhee Gribble in 1990.[4]
Awards
editThe collection won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in 1984.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Milk by Beverley Farmer". Austlit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ ""The resilient and the sensual"". The Canberra Times, 21 January 1984, p18. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Milk (McPhee Gribble 1983)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Milk (McPhee Gribble 1990)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Christina Stead Prize 1984". Austlit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.