{"product_id":"2026200006667-secondhand-a-bohemian-affair-short-stories","title":"A Bohemian Affair: Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Tears around edges of jacket but otherwise still structural. Pages clean. Binding tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of short fiction rooted in mid-twentieth-century Australian literary culture, Ray Mathew's A Bohemian Affair presents a series of intimate, character-driven stories that illuminate the lives of artists, dreamers, and social outsiders navigating love, identity, and creative ambition. Mathew, a celebrated Australian poet and playwright, brings a lyrical sensibility to his prose, crafting narratives that pulse with emotional honesty and a keen eye for human contradiction. Each story captures the restless spirit of bohemian life — its freedoms and its loneliness — with a tone that is at once tender and unsentimental. The collection stands as a testament to Mathew's versatility as a writer and his enduring interest in the margins of society where art and ordinary life intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810594959579,"sku":"2026200006667-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/252a1754-5568-4b52-88cb-c13515f5e108.png?v=1779805733","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006667-secondhand-a-bohemian-affair-short-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}