Scission and Other Stories, sometimes simply Scission, is a 1985 collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton.
It won the 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award and was 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction.
This 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]
The title Scission describes the action or state of cutting or being cut and each of the stories has this theme of tearing apart involving family, neighbours and strangers. [5]
1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award [6]
1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction [6]
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