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Owen Marshall

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Description:OWEN Marshall's latest collection of short stories contains 28 stories. Only six of these have been published in magazines, while nine have been read on radio. For most readers, Coming Home in the Dark is therefore entirely new. The opening story, Working Up North, is about a young man who goes to do casual work in Nelson, while A Part of Life is about sex in the modern tourist industry. Other good stories are Ciss Robins, which is about a man who shifts to the South Island, and Late Run, which is about an old man who makes a fortune in the oldies' athletics.A few of the stories look back to earlier days. Notable among these are This Man's Arms, about national service and Day One and Clive Sudamus Ivo, which are concerned with school teaching. I suspect these three stories have a stong autobiographical content. Owen Marshall has also ventured into other kinds of short stories. Several are about writers and writing, notably Recollections of MKD, which is about a rather unscrupulous writer. There are also several fantasy satires with a non-New Zealand setting, for example, Pendragon, about English aristocrats, and Genesis, which is a parody on creation.The collection shows a good mix of comedy, satire, tragedy and the understanding of ordinary people. There is only occasional muted violence, except in the last story, Coming Home in the Dark. This story, which comes at the end of the book, gace me a horrible jolt, which is perhaps what it was meant to do. I did not appreciate it. Coming Home in the Dark is Owen Marshall's seventh short story collection, and in general it maintains the high standard we have come to expect from him. It also shows some interesting signs of future possible developments.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coming home in the dark. To get started finding Coming home in the dark, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: OWEN Marshall's latest collection of short stories contains 28 stories. Only six of these have been published in magazines, while nine have been read on radio. For most readers, Coming Home in the Dark is therefore entirely new. The opening story, Working Up North, is about a young man who goes to do casual work in Nelson, while A Part of Life is about sex in the modern tourist industry. Other good stories are Ciss Robins, which is about a man who shifts to the South Island, and Late Run, which is about an old man who makes a fortune in the oldies' athletics.A few of the stories look back to earlier days. Notable among these are This Man's Arms, about national service and Day One and Clive Sudamus Ivo, which are concerned with school teaching. I suspect these three stories have a stong autobiographical content. Owen Marshall has also ventured into other kinds of short stories. Several are about writers and writing, notably Recollections of MKD, which is about a rather unscrupulous writer. There are also several fantasy satires with a non-New Zealand setting, for example, Pendragon, about English aristocrats, and Genesis, which is a parody on creation.The collection shows a good mix of comedy, satire, tragedy and the understanding of ordinary people. There is only occasional muted violence, except in the last story, Coming Home in the Dark. This story, which comes at the end of the book, gace me a horrible jolt, which is perhaps what it was meant to do. I did not appreciate it. Coming Home in the Dark is Owen Marshall's seventh short story collection, and in general it maintains the high standard we have come to expect from him. It also shows some interesting signs of future possible developments.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coming home in the dark. To get started finding Coming home in the dark, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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