Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics
Text Classics
$12.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2019
Summary
Following on from A Fence around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia’s best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South and the Miles Franklin-winning Swords and Crowns and Rings.
Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park came to Australia to continue her work as a journalist, newly married to D’Arcy Niland. Determined to earn their living as writers, they submitted story outlines to radio stations, ideas for articles…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925773392 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925773396 |
| Author: | Ruth Park |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘Read Ruth Park and marvel. She missed nothing.’
‘Read Ruth Park and marvel. She missed nothing.’ * Independent *
‘Sydney’s Dickens…A human dictaphone when it came to the mean yet vibrant lives of the struggling, striving denizens of Surry Hills.’ * Geordie WIlliamson, Australian *
‘It would be hard to think of a warmer writer.’ * Delia Falconer *
About The Author
Ruth Park
Born in New Zealand in 1917, Ruth Park spent most of her adult life in Australia. She was widely read and well-loved for her books, which were as equally successful for adults as for children. She is best known for the novels The Harp in the South, Poor Man’s Orange and Swords and Crowns and Rings, for which she won the 1977 Miles Franklin Award.
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