Summary
Quentin ‘Tinny’ Thompson and his German neighbour, Greta, have at least one thing incommon. In their tin sheds close to the coast, they are attempting to live out of the firing lineof modern society. Tinny’s sons are growing up and one of them, Rock, wants to head to thecity and live with his mother, who is sometimes Prue and sometimes Peaches. Greta’s dreamof life in Australia began with a school project on the explorer, Ludwig Leichhardt. Heedless ofhis fate, she decides to follow in his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760800376 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760800376 |
| Author: | Richard Rossiter |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2019 |
| Dimensions: | 159mm x 228mm |
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Richard Rossiter
Richard Rossiter lives in Perth, Western Australia, and is an Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University. For several years he lived in a bush dwelling in the south-west of the state where he wrote full-time. Richard has taught literature and supervised postgraduate creative writing students, as well as judged numerous literary and writing awards (including the WA Premier’s Book Awards). Rossiter has published 3 books with UWAP; his most recent novel Refuge (2019) as well as Arryhthmia: Stories of Desire (UWA Publishing, 2009) and Thicker Than Water (2014). He judges the Margaret River Short Story Competition, and has edited the short story collections: The Trouble with Flying and other stories (2014); Knitting and other stories (2013); and Things That Are Found in Trees and other stories (2012). He is a consultant editor for Papers and has been the fiction editor for Indigo and Westerly.
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