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| author = [[Helen Garner]] |
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'''''Honour & Other People's Children''''' is a collection of two [[short story|short stories]] |
'''''Honour & Other People's Children''''' is a collection of two [[short story|short stories]]–also described as [[novella]]s<ref name="OGtCW_Australia_Craven_HonourandOtherPeoplesChildren"> |
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}}</ref>–by Australian writer [[Helen Garner]]. It was first published by [[McPhee Gribble]] in 1980.<ref name="PenguinBooksAustralia_ HelenGarner_Honour& OtherPeople'sChildren">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780143180050|title=Honour & Other People's Children Author: Helen Garner |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Books Australia]]|accessdate=8 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="NLA_BibID2504216_Honour&Otherpeople'schildren:twostories">{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2504216|title= Honour & Other people's children : two stories|publisher=[[National Library of Australia]]|accessdate=8 February 2010}}</ref> Garner's second published book, it was written while she lived in Paris, France.<ref name="Unimelb_MULibrary_Collections_Garner_HonourandOtherPeoplesChildren">{{cite web|url=http://lib-resources.unimelb.edu.au/UM-HISTORY/HistofUniBibliog.htm|title=UM-HISTORY/HistofUniBibliog|publisher=[[University of Melbourne]]|accessdate=11 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127071315/http://lib-resources.unimelb.edu.au/UM-HISTORY/HistofUniBibliog.htm|archivedate=27 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Australian [[literary critic]] [[Peter Craven (literary critic)|Peter Craven]] described Garner's second published work as "less vigorous perhaps than [[Monkey Grip (novel)|Monkey Grip]], but showing greater artistry."<ref name="OGtCW_Australia_Craven_HonourandOtherPeoplesChildren"/><ref name="The Australian - 30 June 2018 - Helen Garner's Honour & Other People's Children rich and nuanced">{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/helen-garners-honour-other-peoples-children-rich-and-nuanced/news-story/02162d50f550700190eb1be58053c778|title=Helen Garner's Honour & Other People's Children rich and nuanced|last=Sala|first=Michael|date=30 June 2018|work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=[[News Corp Australia]]|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> |
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=="Honour"== |
=="Honour"== |
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''Honour'' is about the relationship between two people, separated but still legally married and with a child of the marriage, their ongoing friendship, and the changes to relationship when the former husband re-partners.<ref name="PenguinBooksAustralia_ HelenGarner_Honour& OtherPeople'sChildren"/> |
''Honour'' is about the relationship between two people, separated but still legally married and with a child of the marriage, their ongoing friendship, and the changes to relationship when the former husband re-partners.<ref name="PenguinBooksAustralia_ HelenGarner_Honour& OtherPeople'sChildren"/> |
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=="Other People's Children"== |
=="Other People's Children"== |
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''Other People's Children'' is about the disruption and end of relationship between two women, Scotty and Ruth, who live in a collective household. Scotty loves Ruth's daughter "as only the childless can love other people's children". Into Scotty's life comes Madigan, "a great lump of a fellow with yellow eyes, who bunched his thick fingers together in front of him when he entered a room".<ref name="PenguinBooksAustralia_ HelenGarner_Honour& OtherPeople'sChildren"/> |
''Other People's Children'' is about the disruption and end of relationship between two women, Scotty and Ruth, who live in a collective household. Scotty loves Ruth's daughter "as only the childless can love other people's children". Into Scotty's life comes Madigan, "a great lump of a fellow with yellow eyes, who bunched his thick fingers together in front of him when he entered a room".<ref name="PenguinBooksAustralia_ HelenGarner_Honour& OtherPeople'sChildren"/> |
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==Reception== |
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''Honour & Other People's Children'' was well received both in Australia and internationally. The book was released in the United States in April 1982 and received an enthusiastic review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', where [[Carolyn See]] wrote: "Helen Garner's Australia is a land both bucolic and exotic, a land of junkies and wallabies, of women's rights and outdoor plumbing, of homeless children in a beneficent atmosphere, of people looking up at night to see ''a thousand stars,'' a land where they jump on their bikes and ride through the warm, grass-scented evening air down to public parks without the slightest thought of being mugged. In other words - though it may be a shamelessly provincial way of perceiving it - the Australian world we see here is America in a time warp."<ref>{{cite web|title=Paradise, Australian style|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 April 1982|accessdate=10 February 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/books/paradise-australian-style.html}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 25 November 2024
 First edition | |
| Author | Helen Garner |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | McPhee Gribble |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 156 p |
| ISBN | 0-87223-742-7 |
| Preceded by | Monkey Grip (1977) |
| Followed by | The Children's Bach (1984) |
Honour & Other People's Children is a collection of two short stories–also described as novellas[1]–by Australian writer Helen Garner. It was first published by McPhee Gribble in 1980.[2][3] Garner's second published book, it was written while she lived in Paris, France.[4] Australian literary critic Peter Craven described Garner's second published work as "less vigorous perhaps than Monkey Grip, but showing greater artistry."[1][5]
"Honour"
[edit]Honour is about the relationship between two people, separated but still legally married and with a child of the marriage, their ongoing friendship, and the changes to relationship when the former husband re-partners.[2]
"Other People's Children"
[edit]Other People's Children is about the disruption and end of relationship between two women, Scotty and Ruth, who live in a collective household. Scotty loves Ruth's daughter "as only the childless can love other people's children". Into Scotty's life comes Madigan, "a great lump of a fellow with yellow eyes, who bunched his thick fingers together in front of him when he entered a room".[2]
Reception
[edit]Honour & Other People's Children was well received both in Australia and internationally. The book was released in the United States in April 1982 and received an enthusiastic review in The New York Times, where Carolyn See wrote: "Helen Garner's Australia is a land both bucolic and exotic, a land of junkies and wallabies, of women's rights and outdoor plumbing, of homeless children in a beneficent atmosphere, of people looking up at night to see a thousand stars, a land where they jump on their bikes and ride through the warm, grass-scented evening air down to public parks without the slightest thought of being mugged. In other words - though it may be a shamelessly provincial way of perceiving it - the Australian world we see here is America in a time warp."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peter Craven (1996). John Sturrock (ed.). The Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing. Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-283318-9. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "Honour & Other People's Children Author: Helen Garner". Penguin Books Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Honour & Other people's children : two stories". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "UM-HISTORY/HistofUniBibliog". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ Sala, Michael (30 June 2018). "Helen Garner's Honour & Other People's Children rich and nuanced". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Paradise, Australian style". The New York Times. 4 April 1982. Retrieved 10 February 2018.