Hunting the Wild Pineapple
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Hunting the Wild Pineapple (1979) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Thea Astley. It was published in paperback by Nelson Publishers in Sydney in 1979.[1]
The collection includes 8 original stories by the author.[1]
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Synopsis
The 8 stories in this collection are all narrated by Leverson who has been seduced by North Queensland's beauty and strangeness. He observed both southern imports, as well as long-term Queensland residents, equally.
Critical reception
Lyn Frost, writing in The Canberra Times noted that the collection "gives an award-winning Australian author full rein. Astley, a Queenslander, has returned there to write and discovered a whole new population...Astley conveys 'a lot of sad poetry' and humour about the place which is 'a kind of carpet-bagger's paradise'."[2]
Publication history
The collection was also published as follows:
- Penguin, Australia, 1981[3]
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, USA, 1991[4]
Awards
The collection won the Colin Roderick Award in 1979.[5]
See also
- 1979 in Australian literature
References
- ^ a b "Hunting the Wild Pineapple by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ ""Harvest of good writing"". The Canberra Times, 12 July 1981, p8. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Hunting the Wild Pineapple (Penguin)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Hunting the Wild Pineapple (Putnam's)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Other Winners". www.jcu.edu.au. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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- Girl with a Monkey (1958)
- A Descant for Gossips (1960)
- The Well Dressed Explorer (1962)
- The Slow Natives (1965)
- A Boat Load of Home Folk (1968)
- The Acolyte (1972)
- A Kindness Cup (1974)
- An Item from the Late News (1982)
- Beachmasters (1985)
- Reaching Tin River (1990)
- Vanishing Points (1992)
- Coda (1994)
- The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow (1996)
- Drylands (1999)
- Hunting the Wild Pineapple (1979)
- Collected Stories (1997)