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The Best Australian Strories: 2006 by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
In the sixth edition of this best-selling series, higly accalaimed author Frank Moorhouse has collected Australia's finest short fiction from the last twelve months. The contributors to this collection display the best fiction writers at the top of their form. This anthology demonstrates the enduring qu ...Show more
The Body Surfers by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
Set among the surf and sandhills of Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - this is a short-story collection which has been adapted from film, television, radio and the theatre.
The Bodysurfers by Robert Drewe
Category: Classic | Series: Modern Classics Ser.
A short-story collection which has become a bestseller and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre, The Bodysurfers on its first publication marked a major change in Australian literature.
The Bodysurfers - Penguin Australian Classics by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - this bestselling collection of short stories is an Australian classic. The Bodysurfers vividly evokes the beach, with the scent of the suntan oil, the sting of the sun and a lazy se ...Show more
The Bodysurfers: Popular Penguins by Robert Drewe
Category: Short Stories | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
A short-story collection which has become a bestseller and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre, The Bodysurfers on its first publication marked a major change in Australian literature.
The Drowner by Robert Drewe; Paul English (Read by)
Category: Audio Books
In the warm alkaline waters of the public bath a headstrong young engineer accidentally collides with a beautiful actress. From this innocent collision of flesh begins a passion that takes them from the Wiltshire Downs to the most elemental choices of life and death in the Australian desert. Their inten ...Show more
The Drowner by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
The story of an intense romance that mingles history, myth and technology and stretches from the Wiltshire Downs to the Australian desert. An engineer and an actress collide at the public baths - thus begins a tale that will encompass elemental choices of life and death.
The Drowner by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
"The romance of bringing water to the desert is at the heart of this ambitious and kaleidoscopic novel, beautifully written in prose as slippery and sensuous as the life-giving liquid itself." - The Age
The Local Wildlife by Robert Drewe
Category: Biography
Welcome to northern New South Wales, where the 'local wildlife' doesn't just mean the native fauna, but the people as well. When Robert Drewe moved to this small community, he was expecting a few eccentrics and interesting animals -- and he got them.
The Penguin Book of the Beach by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
This international selection contains 25 stimulating, startling, moving, or humorous stories about the beach. Contributing authors include Paul Bowles, Italo Calvino, Nadine Gorgimer, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ian McEwan, Graham Swift and John Updike.
The Penguin Book of the Beach by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
Draws together twenty-five of the finest contemporary writers whose stories represent the most stimulating, startling, deeply moving and humorous writing about the beach. This book includes contributions from: Paul Bowles, Italo Calvino, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nadine Gordimer, Ian McEwa ...Show more
The Penguin Book of the City by Robert Drewe
Category: Fiction
Wryly cynical, blackly humorous, these 29 stories by well known writers, are set against the backdrop of the great cities, reflecting their energy and wonder, their alienation and their ability to chill the soul. Authors include Graham Swift, Salman Rushdie and Helen Garner. Robert Drewe is an Australia ...Show more