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By Fiona Kidman

ISBN-10: 1869413504

ISBN-13: 9781869413507

An engrossing choice of brief tales from certainly one of New Zealand's so much exceptional writers.Fiona Kidman first wrote brief tales within the Sixties and has endured to put up them in books, magazines and journals ever for the reason that. Her sort has advanced as she has explored diversified kinds through the years, yet her piercingly shiny realisations of daily humans have remained a attribute of her amazing paintings. it is a selection of the easiest of her tales from the 1st thirty years of her writing occupation, together with many aged favourites from her acclaimed collections, Mrs Dixon and Friend, Unsuitable associates and The overseas Woman. She has long past directly to write many extra prize-winning books - together with extra tales, poetry, novels and memoir - yet those tales stand the attempt of time and are testomony to the standard and lasting charm of her work.

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