Drover's Wives
101 re-tellings of a classic short story
«'A work of virtuosic flippancy tempered by considerable intellect - great fun from start to finish' - TLS, `Imaginative, clever, experimental, adroit, self-reflexive and very funny. As you turn the pages, you wonder just what O'Neill will come up with next' - Sydney Morning Herald, `Pitch perfect... hilarious... Fellow writers in particular will enjoy O'Neill's gift for literary karaoke... This is a book that begs to be read aloud' - The Australian, `Captivating, coruscating, brilliantly honed satire... Read it slowly, bit by bit, because satire gobbled too fast can overwhelm the reader or dull the senses. But read it, and odds are you will, by turns, laugh and weep' - Australian Book Review»
Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in 101 different ways. Les mer
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Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in 101 different ways. The variations include a a pop song, a sporting commentary, a 1980s computer game, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation, a cryptic crossword and even the selection of paint swatches you can see on this back cover. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from the author of the award-winning Their Brilliant Careers.
Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lightning Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781785630910
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Short-listed for Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 and Queensland Literary Awards 2019.
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«'A work of virtuosic flippancy tempered by considerable intellect - great fun from start to finish' - TLS, `Imaginative, clever, experimental, adroit, self-reflexive and very funny. As you turn the pages, you wonder just what O'Neill will come up with next' - Sydney Morning Herald, `Pitch perfect... hilarious... Fellow writers in particular will enjoy O'Neill's gift for literary karaoke... This is a book that begs to be read aloud' - The Australian, `Captivating, coruscating, brilliantly honed satire... Read it slowly, bit by bit, because satire gobbled too fast can overwhelm the reader or dull the senses. But read it, and odds are you will, by turns, laugh and weep' - Australian Book Review»
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