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Title
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A Modern Fable
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Description
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First edition
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Jim Schembri
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Creator
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Schembri, Jim
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Contributor
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Dixon, Liz
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:02:53Z
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1996-07
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1995
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:02:53Z
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Date Issued
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1995
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Abstract
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Here are fifty-two thought provoking one-page or two-page contemporary stories. I am not sure whether they qualify as fables. They are short past-tense narratives inviting perception. As against traditional fables, these stories tend to involve a kind of particularity and a kind of magic. The particularity comes, e.g., in naming. Even a cruise missile has a proper name (Kevin). The magic comes in cruise missiles talking to each other, or in the devil sending a person back to life. There is something here that is uneasy with contemporary technology. Among the best that I have seen in the first half are The Urban Terrorist (13), The Editing Suite (19), and Glass of Water (31). Each story gets a black-and-white headpiece. I enjoy reading these! There is some real wit here, and it often provokes thinking.
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Identifier
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0207189064
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4133 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Angus & Robertson: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia)
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Pymble, Sydney, NSW
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Subject
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PN6178.A8 S33 1995
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Jim Schembri
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole