Final Things
1987 short story collection by Australian author John Sligo
Final Things is a 1987 story collection by the Australian/New Zealand author John Sligo, originally published in Australia by Penguin.
The collection consists of 3 novellas, titled "A New Eden?", "Going Home", and "Burnham Camp".
It was the winner of the 1988 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.
01Synopsis
Each of the novellas in this collection deals with the conflicts and consequences that arise in small, conservative New Zealand communities when outsiders move in.
02Critical reception
In The Sydney Morning Herald, a reviewer commented about the stories that "All three are crafted with skill and a particular sensitivity to the undercurrents of everyday life."
Mark Roberts, for The Age Monthly Review noted that "Sliogo has created an impressive, and for the most part, subtle triptych of the tensons which underlie contemporary New Zealand, and indeed Australian, society. Its major fault is that, at times, he feels the need to reinforce his message with signposts which, in the final instance, prove unnecessary and instrusive."
03Awards
- 1988 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, winner
Sources and credits
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