The Literary Lunch
Selected Stories
by Geoffrey Dean, edited by Giles Hugo, 2004
ISBN 0-9756797-0-8
AU$22.95 inc p&p
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Geoffrey Dean's first published short story appeared nearly 50 years ago, and since then his mastery of the form has been proved by the publication of scored of his stories around the world, and a truly enviable swag of prizes, awards, commendations, laudatory reviews and praise.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1928, Geoffrey Dean saw his first short story published in the mid-1950's. Scores of his stories have appeared in five collections of his work (Stranger's Country and Other Stories; Cold Dead Monday and other Australian Stories; Summerbird and Other Stories; Over the Fence; and The Hadlee Stories), magazines, anthologies and collections in Australia, the UK, USA, Norway and China. His major credits include the State of Victoria Short Story Award and the Northern Territory Literary Awards Arafura Short Story Award. The title story form his collection Summerbird and Other Stories (William Collins 1989) was translated for an anthology of Australian writers published in China in 1992. His Story 'The Town that Died' was selected by Thea Astley, as complier, for inclusion in Coast to Coast: Australian Stories 1969-1970, and in 1986 was made into a ABC TV teledrama broadcast in Australian and sold overseas. Various critics have compared aspects of his work with masters such as Anton Chekov, Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, A.E. Coppard and William Faulkner.
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A haunting and poetic quality ... [Geoffrey Dean] writes very, very well.
Thea Astley
The secret of dean's power is very simple, he knows how to write ... These tales are poetic. The author dips into the heart of things and tells in unpretentious language what he sees there.
The Age, Melbourne
He's a marvelous storyteller and deservedly a multi-award winner. The sense of mystery, the undercurrents of horror and the high emotional pitch of these stories compel attention. Dean's passionate response to the wilderness, expressed with clarity and freshness and a naturalist's eye for detail is a delight.
Mary Rose Liverani
The Weekend Australian
[Dean's stories] are more like mini novels ... an occasional swipe at the ineffable in the Patrick White tradition.
Tony Ryan
Federal Gazette, Hobart
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