ISBN |
9781925589085 (paperback) |
1925589080 (paperback) |
Title |
And watch the whale explode : UTS writer's anthology 2017 / foreword by Fiona Wright. |
Published |
Sydney : Xoum Publishing, 2017. |
©2017 |
Description |
281 pages ; 21 cm |
Summary |
When a whale washes up on the shore of a beach there is only one surety: it must explode. Sometimes a bystander, anticipating the inevitable, pokes the gaseous figure; the skin rips, and it is done. Our world can feel like the brimming belly of a beached whale, the pressure building, an indeterminate force compelling us to take an explosive action, even when it makes little to no sense. A girl takes a pair of shears to a black-dashed line on her skin; a woman tries to stem the flow of snake venom in the blood of a man who is already dead; an epileptic wears a crash helmet 'round the clock; a man with only one good arm cuts it off with a chainsaw, and how? After every explosion, a throng of people approach the beach cautiously, collecting the debris together. |
Subjects |
Short stories, Australian -- 21st century |
Short stories, Australian -- 21st century -- Collections |
College students' writings, Australian -- New South Wales -- Sydney |
Genre |
Short stories |
Other Names |
Wright, Fiona, 1983- author of intoduction, etc. |
Series |
UTS writers anthology 2017. |
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