Hunting the Wild Pineapple

Last updated

Hunting the Wild Pineapple
Hunting the Wild Pineapple.png
Author Thea Astley
Language English
PublisherNelson
Publication date
1979
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages175 pp
ISBN 0170054055
Preceded by A Kindness Cup  
Followed by An Item from the Late News  

Hunting the Wild Pineapple (1979) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Thea Astley. It was published in paperback by Nelson Publishers in Sydney in 1979. [1]

Contents

The collection includes 8 original stories by the author. [1]

Contents

  • "North: Some Compass Readings: Eden"
  • "The Curate Breaker"
  • "Hunting the Wild Pineapple"
  • "A Northern Belle"
  • "Petals from Blown Roses..."
  • "Ladies Only Ned Apply"
  • "Write Me, Son, Write Me"
  • "A Man Who is Tired of Swiper's Creek is Tired of Life"

Synopsis

The 8 stories in this collection are all narrated by Leverson who has been seduced by North Queensland's beauty and strangeness. He observed both southern imports, as well as long-term Queensland residents, equally.

Critical reception

Lyn Frost, writing in The Canberra Times noted that the collection "gives an award-winning Australian author full rein. Astley, a Queenslander, has returned there to write and discovered a whole new population...Astley conveys 'a lot of sad poetry' and humour about the place which is 'a kind of carpet-bagger's paradise'." [2]

Publication history

The collection was also published as follows:

Awards

The collection won the Colin Roderick Award in 1979. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Hunting the Wild Pineapple by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ↑ ""Harvest of good writing"". The Canberra Times, 12 July 1981, p8. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hunting the Wild Pineapple (Penguin)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hunting the Wild Pineapple (Putnam's)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Other Winners". www.jcu.edu.au. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.