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Stead, C. K. 1932-

The name on the door is not mine : stories new & selected / C.K. Stead. - Auckland, New Zealand Allen & Unwin 2016. - 302 pages ; 24 cm

A small apartment in the rue Parrot -- 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' -- 'And still the sun shines' -- True love -- Sex in America -- Anxiety -- A fitting tribute -- Marriage Americano -- Determined things to Destiny -- Last season's man -- Class, race, gender: a post-colonial yarn -- The name on the door is not mine.

"The collection can be read as a meditation on the writerly life, and includes a number of new, previously unpublished stories, including &#x;Last Season&#x;s Man&#x;, which won the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, as well as older stories that have been revised and rewritten. Set in locations as diverse as the South of France, Sydney, Zagreb, Auckland, San Francisco and Oxford, each story is vividly drawn and stays with you long after reading"--Publisher information.

ISBN: 9781877505812 1877505811

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2000-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Short stories, New Zealand--21st century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short stories.
New Zealand fiction--21st century.--21st century.
Short stories, New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.208