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War Crimes (short story collection)

War Crimes (1979) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published by University of Queensland Press in 1979.[1]

The collection includes 13 original stories by the author.[1]

Contents

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times Marion Halligan noted: "This imagination of Carey's is a source of amazement throughout the collection of stories. One is conscious of the elaborate construction of other worlds, as close to ours as the reflection in a faintly distorting mirror. The discrepancies tantalise. Carey mostly writes in a grave formal prose the more surrealistic the stories...Myths, fables for our time, worlds of the imagination that illuminate as they cast doubt on the real world: Carey's stories are a stimulating excursion into the relevance of the mysterious. He charms, he amazes, he appals, he amuses; our emotions are not often run through so full a gamut."[2]

Publication history

After its original publication in 1979[3] the collection was reprinted by the University of Queensland Press in 1981[1] and 1984.[4]

Awards

The collection won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in 1980.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "War Crimes by Peter Carey". Austlit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ^ ""Stories for running the emotional gamut"". The Canberra Times, 22 December 1979, p13. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ "War Crimes (UQP 1979)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "War Crimes (UQP 1984)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Christina Stead Prize 1980". AustLit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.