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99 reinterpretations of The drover's wives : Henry Lawson's Australian classic / Ryan O'Neill.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Brio Books Pty Ltd, 2018.Edition: 1Description: xxii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781925589290
Other title:
  • Ninety-nine reinterpretations of The drover's wives
  • Drover's wives
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Summary: 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 ninety-nine different ways. You'll be amused, delighted and surprised by a Year 8 essay, a sporting commentary, a pop song, a cento, a dance and many more. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Short Stories
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Short stories ONE Available 068184
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ninety-nine different ways. You'll be amused, delighted and surprised by a Year 8 essay, a sporting commentary, a pop song, a cento, a dance and many more. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.

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