Ivan Southall
Introduced by James Moloney
The Women in Black
Madeleine St John
Introduced by Bruce Beresford
The Essence of the Thing
Madeleine St John
Introduced by Helen Trinca
Jonah
Louis Stone
Introduced by Frank Moorhouse
An Iron Rose
Peter Temple
Introduced by Les Carlyon
1788
Watkin Tench
Introduced by Tim Flannery
Happy Valley
Patrick White
Introduced by Peter Craven
I Own the Racecourse!
Patricia Wrightson
Introduced by Kate Constable
Copyright
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Copyright © Craig Harrison 1981
Introduction copyright © Bernard Beckett 2013
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright above, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book.
First published in New Zealand by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1981
This edition published by The Text Publishing Company 2013
Cover design by WH Chong
Page design by Text
Typeset by Midland Typesetters
Primary print ISBN: 9781922147059
Ebook ISBN: 9781922148131
Author: Harrison, Craig, 1942-, author.
Title: The quiet earth / by Craig Harrison ; introduced by Bernard Beckett.
Series: Text classics.
Dewey Number: NZ823.2