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The Drover's Wives Ryan O'Neill

The Drover's Wives By Ryan O'Neill

The Drover's Wives by Ryan O'Neill


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Summary

101 modern re-tellings of the classic Australian short story The Drover's Wife by Henry Lawson

The Drover's Wives Summary

The Drover's Wives: 101 re-tellings of a classic short story by Ryan O'Neill

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.

The Drover's Wives Reviews

'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

About Ryan O'Neill

Ryan O'Neill was born in Glasgow in 1975 and now lives in Australia. His short story collection The Weight of a Human Heart was shortlisted for the 2012 Queensland Literary Awards. His debut novel Their Brilliant Careers won the Australian PM's Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Table of Contents

1. The Drover's Wife, 2. Hemingwayesque, 3. Tanka, 4. A Year 8 English Essay, 5. List of Ingredients, 6. A Cryptic Crossword, 7. A Child's Drawing, 8. An Agony Aunt Column, 9. Sporting Commentary, 10. A Disease, 11. Lipogram, 12. Freudian, 13. A Mixtape, 14. A 1950s Children's Book, 15. McCarthyesque, 16. Parable, 17. Editorial Comments, 18. A Children's Toy, 19. Elizabethan, 20. Lecture Slides, 21. A Gossip Column, 22. Glaswegian, 23. A Self-Published Novel Cover, 24. Cento, 25. A Pop Song, 26. A Fine Wine, 27. A 1980s Computer Game, 28. Yoked Sentences, 29. A Dance, 30. A School Play, 31. Cosmo Quiz, 32. Political Cartoon, 33. A Fable, 34. Emojis, 35. Backwards, 36. A Card Game, 37. Horoscope, 38. Cliches, 39. Tweets, 40. A Question Asked by An Audience Member at a Writers' Festival, 41. Verbless, 42. An Amazon Book Review, 43. A Choose Your Own Adventure Book, 44. Limerick, 45. An Abstract Painting, 46. An Insurance Claim, 47. A Real Estate Advertisement, 48. Songs from a Broadway Musical, 49. Pangram, 50. A Comic Strip, 51. Sensory, 52. Interrogative, 53. Stream of Consciousness, 54. Onomatopoeia, 55. Chronological, 56. A Reality TV Show, 57. Epic, 58. Maths Problems, 59. An RSPCA Report, 60. A Letter to the Daily Telegraph, 61. A Movie Review, 62. Worldcloud, 63. Hangman, 64. Monosyllabic, 65. Meme, 66. A Golden Age Detective Novel, 67. Imagist, 68. Ocker, 69. A Self-Help Book, 70. A Spam Email, 71. Punctuation, 72. Conditional, 73. An Absurdist Play, 74. N + 7, 75. Endorsements, 76. Scratch and Sniff, 77. TV Guide, 78. Spoonerisms, 79. Contemporary, 80. Lovecraftian, 81. Abecedarian, 82. Imperative, 83. Internet Comments, 84. Fill in the Blanks, 85. Finnegans Wife, 86. Classifieds, 87. Bar Graph, 88. Trivia Questions, 89. Academese, 90. Bush Ballad, 91. Biographical, 92. Univocalic, 93. Wordsearch, 94. A Crass American Sitcom, 95. Postmodern, 96. Bibliography, 97. Index, 98. A Note on the Type, 99. Paint Swatches, 100. A Sex Manual, 101. A Penthouse Letter

Additional information

GOR009948029
9781785630910
1785630911
The Drover's Wives: 101 re-tellings of a classic short story by Ryan O'Neill
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Eye Books
2019-08-09
288
Short-listed for Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards 2019
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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