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 First edition | |
| Author | David Malouf |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
| Publication date | 13 April 2000 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp. (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-7011-6942-7 (first edition, hardcover) |
Dream Stuff is a collection of short stories by the Australian writer David Malouf, published in 2000.[1]
Contents
[edit]- "At Schindler's"
- "Closer"
- "Blacksoil Country"
- "Jacko's Reach"
- "Lone Pine"
- "Night Training"
- "Sally's Story"
- "Great Day"
Jacko's Reach Summary
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A local council in Sydney, Australia, plans to develop a vacant area called Jacko's Reach. Valmay Mitchell, a thirteen-year-old girl, disappeared when she was in seventh grade — she had last been seen going into Jacko's Reach with a boy on a bike. Searchers cannot find her, but instead discover items they'd lost and spent years looking for. Valmay is later discovered to be pregnant and living in Sydney.
Reception
[edit]Peter Craven, in The Sydney Morning Herald, found that in its "finest moments" the author "moves cat-like, with the economy of the true poet to whom language is a musical, not an approximate, medium".[2] Kate Kellaway, of The Observer, similarly felt the collection showed Malouf "at his absolute best".[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Marchand, Philip (13 August 2000). "Perchance to dream". Sunday. The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. p. F13. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Craven, Peter (1 April 2000). "Shock of Recognition". Spectrum. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales. p. 10s. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kellaway, Kate (9 April 2000). "Landscape artist". Review. The Observer. London. p. 12. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
