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    Short Black 4 Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice
    Short Black 4 Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice
    Short Black 4 Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice
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    Short Black 4 Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice

    By Helen Garner

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    They say that tourist ships to Antarctica, even more than ordinary human conveyances, are loaded down with aching hearts. Deceived wives and widowers, men who've never been loved and don't know why, Russian crew forced to leave their children behind for years at a time … And then there are the married couples: how calm the old ones, how eager the new! – but isn't a couple the greatest mystery of all?

    Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice is the tale of a journey to Antarctica aboard the Professor Molchanov. With unmatched eloquence, Helen Garner spins a tale of ships, icebergs, tourism, time, photography and the many forms of desolation.

    Short Blacks are gems of recent Australian writing – brisk reads that quicken the pulse and stimulate the mind.

    Helen Garner has written novels, short stories, screenplays and many acclaimed works of journalism. She was the recipient of the 2006 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Her books include Monkey Grip, The Children’s Bach, Joe Cinque’s Consolation, The Spare Room and This House of Grief.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Inc. Books
    Release dateSep 23, 2015
    ISBN9781925203509
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    Short Black 4 Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice - Helen Garner

    SHORT BLACKS are gems of recent Australian writing – brisk reads that quicken the pulse and stimulate the mind.

    SHORT BLACKS

    1 Richard Flanagan The Australian Disease:

    On the decline of love and the rise of non-freedom

    2 Karen Hitchcock Fat City

    3 Noel Pearson The War of the Worlds

    4 Helen Garner Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice

    5 John Birmingham

    The Brave Ones: East Timor, 1999

    6 Anna Krien Booze Territory

    7 David Malouf The One Day

    8 Simon Leys Prosper: A voyage at sea

    9 Robert Manne

    Julian Assange: The cypherpunk revolutionary

    10 Les Murray Killing the Black Dog

    11 Robyn Davidson No Fixed Address

    12 Galarrwuy Yunupingu

    Tradition, Truth and Tomorrow

    Published by Black Inc.,

    an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd

    37–39 Langridge Street

    Collingwood VIC 3066 Australia

    enquiries@blackincbooks.com

    www.blackincbooks.com

    Copyright © Helen Garner 2001

    Helen Garner asserts her right to be known as the author of this work.

    First published in The Feel of Steel, Picador, 2001.

    This edition published 2015.

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior consent of the publishers.

    National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry : Garner, Helen, 1942– author. Regions of thick-ribbed ice / Helen Garner. 9781863957663 (paperback) 9781925203509 (ebook) Short blacks ; no.4. Professor Molchanov (ship) Voyages and travels.

    Antarctica–Anecdotes.

    919.8904

    Cover and text design by Peter Long.

    HELEN GARNER has written novels, short stories, screenplays and many acclaimed works of journalism. She was the recipient of the 2006 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Her books include Monkey Grip, The Children’s Bach, Joe Cinque’s Consolation, The Spare

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