Australian national bibliography
Title | Australian national bibliography PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | National Library Australia |
Pages | 1818 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Murchison's Fragment
Title | Murchison's Fragment PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Curtis |
Publisher | Troubador Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2015-05-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1784622362 |
“You’re mine in the next world, right?” “Might come sooner than you think.” Murchison’s Fragment brings together nineteen plays – mostly for stage but with three for radio – that range from a deceptively frivolous, if macabre, 10-minute monologue to an uncompromising 45-minute study of imprisonment and torture based upon a real-life situation. In between are tales of ambition, greed and human frailty, here and there touching upon horror and the supernatural. Throughout, we encounter flawed individuals getting their comeuppance or – just as likely (and unjustly) – escaping it; elsewhere, others less deserving succumb to forces beyond their control. Some of the plays are unambiguously and intentionally serious: one, for example, follows the adventures of a boy within the autistic spectrum, determined to do a good deed but failing to realise the cost of his actions; another concerns reparations to Kenyans who suffered under the colonial administration during the Mau Mau insurgency; a third offers a challenging and doubtless contentious interpretation of a New Testament episode – the resurrection of Jesus. Other plays may appear lighter, even humorous, although darker threads almost always run through them. ‘Murchison’s Fragment’, which lends its title to the collection, is a story of lost opportunity set in London and east Africa; here the protagonist unwisely allows lust to overcome reason, with far-reaching consequences. The collection ends with a romantic love story in which a formidable barrier to a fulfilling relationship unexpectedly falls away. For each play a synopsis is provided, with additional notes where there is background interest.
The Catlopaedia
Title | The Catlopaedia PDF eBook |
Author | Jim M. Evans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Cats |
ISBN |
Pet Business
Title | Pet Business PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1080 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Pet industry |
ISBN |
The Veterinary Annual
Title | The Veterinary Annual PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Veterinary medicine |
ISBN |
Bibliography of Agriculture
Title | Bibliography of Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1732 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
The Publishers Weekly
Title | The Publishers Weekly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1314 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |