The stories are described as, " ... spare, jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration ... These startling stories deal with men, women and children whose lives are coming apart and whose hearts are breaking. Honest, beautiful, shattering tales - vintage Winton."[3]
Themesedit
The title Scission describes the action or state of cutting or being cut, and each of the stories carries this theme, involving family, neighbours and strangers.[5]
scission, other, stories, sometimes, simply, scission, 1985, collection, short, stories, australian, author, winton, first, edition, publ, mcphee, gribble, penguin, original, 1985, western, australian, council, literary, award, also, 1985, joint, winner, weste. Scission and Other Stories sometimes simply Scission is a 1985 collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton First edition publ McPhee Gribble A Penguin Original 1 It won the 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award and was also 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier s Book Award Fiction Contents 1 Contents 2 Themes 3 Awards 4 See also 5 ReferencesContents editThis was Winton s first collection of stories 2 There are 13 short stories 3 Secrets A Blow a Kiss Getting Ahead My Father s Axe Wake Lantern Stalk Thomas Awkner Floats Wilderness Neighbours A Measure of Eloquence The Oppressed The Woman at the Well Scission 4 The stories are described as spare jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration These startling stories deal with men women and children whose lives are coming apart and whose hearts are breaking Honest beautiful shattering tales vintage Winton 3 Themes editThe title Scission describes the action or state of cutting or being cut and each of the stories carries this theme involving family neighbours and strangers 5 Awards edit1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award 6 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier s Book Award Fiction 6 See also editBlood and Water short story collectionReferences edit Home ISBNdb Scission and Other Stories ABC Shop Retrieved 19 January 2017 a b Scission Penguin Retrieved 19 January 2017 Scission andf other stories University of Toronto Retrieved 19 January 2017 Scission by Tim Winton 366 Days of Writing The NSW Writers Centre Retrieved 22 January 2017 a b Tim Winton Author Bio Booktopia Retrieved 19 January 2017 nbsp This article about a collection of short stories published in the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scission and Other Stories amp oldid 1125280875, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
