War Crimes (short story collection)
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| Author | Peter Carey |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Queensland Press |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 282 pp |
| ISBN | 0702214167 |
| Preceded by | The Fat Man in History |
| Followed by | The Fat Man in History and Other Stories |
War Crimes (1979) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published by University of Queensland Press in 1979.[1]
The collection includes 13 original stories by the author.[1]
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Critical reception
Writing in The Canberra Times Marion Halligan noted: "This imagination of Carey's is a source of amazement throughout the collection of stories. One is conscious of the elaborate construction of other worlds, as close to ours as the reflection in a faintly distorting mirror. The discrepancies tantalise. Carey mostly writes in a grave formal prose the more surrealistic the stories...Myths, fables for our time, worlds of the imagination that illuminate as they cast doubt on the real world: Carey's stories are a stimulating excursion into the relevance of the mysterious. He charms, he amazes, he appals, he amuses; our emotions are not often run through so full a gamut."[2]