Hunting The Wild Pineapple: And Other Related Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most celebrated and uncompromising literary voices comes Hunting the Wild Pineapple and Other Related Stories, a razor-sharp collection of interconnected tales set against the lush, humid backdrop of Far North Queensland's Coral Coast. Thea Astley chronicles the lives of a revolving cast of outsiders, drifters, and idealists — the drop-outs and dreamers who wash up in the tropics seeking reinvention — only to find that human folly and frailty follow them like the relentless wet-season rain. Each story stands alone as a perfectly crafted vignette, yet together they build a rich and darkly comic portrait of a community on the margins of Australian society. Astley's prose is distinguished by its fierce wit, biting irony, and an almost anthropological eye for the absurdities of human behaviour, qualities that earned her an unrivalled four Miles Franklin Literary Awards. Beneath the wry comedy lies a deeply moral intelligence, dissecting themes of loneliness, self-delusion, and the search for belonging with surgical precision. Her characters are rendered with compassion and cruelty in equal measure, making this collection as unsettling as it is entertaining. For readers who have yet to encounter Astley's singular vision of Australian life, this collection is the perfect — and irresistible — introduction.
Author: Thea Astley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Nelson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most celebrated and uncompromising literary voices comes Hunting the Wild Pineapple and Other Related Stories, a razor-sharp collection of interconnected tales set against the lush, humid backdrop of Far North Queensland's Coral Coast. Thea Astley chronicles the lives of a revolving cast of outsiders, drifters, and idealists — the drop-outs and dreamers who wash up in the tropics seeking reinvention — only to find that human folly and frailty follow them like the relentless wet-season rain. Each story stands alone as a perfectly crafted vignette, yet together they build a rich and darkly comic portrait of a community on the margins of Australian society. Astley's prose is distinguished by its fierce wit, biting irony, and an almost anthropological eye for the absurdities of human behaviour, qualities that earned her an unrivalled four Miles Franklin Literary Awards. Beneath the wry comedy lies a deeply moral intelligence, dissecting themes of loneliness, self-delusion, and the search for belonging with surgical precision. Her characters are rendered with compassion and cruelty in equal measure, making this collection as unsettling as it is entertaining. For readers who have yet to encounter Astley's singular vision of Australian life, this collection is the perfect — and irresistible — introduction.