Wild Red Horses: Short Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and sweeping bush landscapes of Australia comes Wild Red Horses, a vivid collection of short stories by beloved Australian author Alan Marshall, whose intimate knowledge of the land and its people infuses every page with raw authenticity. Each story presents a cast of ordinary Australians — bush workers, drovers, battlers, and dreamers — caught in moments that reveal the resilience, humour, and quiet dignity that Marshall considered the true heart of the Australian character. The narratives move with the freedom of wild horses themselves, unrestrained and vital, chronicling lives shaped by hardship, camaraderie, and an unbreakable bond with the natural world. Marshall, celebrated for his autobiographical masterwork I Can Jump Puddles, brings to this anthology the same compassionate and unflinching gaze that made him one of Australia's most treasured literary voices of the twentieth century. His prose is spare yet deeply evocative, capturing vast emotional landscapes in precise, unadorned language that resonates long after the final page. Wild Red Horses stands as a testament to Marshall's enduring gift for finding the extraordinary within the everyday — leaving the reader to wonder which of life's quiet moments might, under his pen, have been immortalised next.
Author: Alan Marshall
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and sweeping bush landscapes of Australia comes Wild Red Horses, a vivid collection of short stories by beloved Australian author Alan Marshall, whose intimate knowledge of the land and its people infuses every page with raw authenticity. Each story presents a cast of ordinary Australians — bush workers, drovers, battlers, and dreamers — caught in moments that reveal the resilience, humour, and quiet dignity that Marshall considered the true heart of the Australian character. The narratives move with the freedom of wild horses themselves, unrestrained and vital, chronicling lives shaped by hardship, camaraderie, and an unbreakable bond with the natural world. Marshall, celebrated for his autobiographical masterwork I Can Jump Puddles, brings to this anthology the same compassionate and unflinching gaze that made him one of Australia's most treasured literary voices of the twentieth century. His prose is spare yet deeply evocative, capturing vast emotional landscapes in precise, unadorned language that resonates long after the final page. Wild Red Horses stands as a testament to Marshall's enduring gift for finding the extraordinary within the everyday — leaving the reader to wonder which of life's quiet moments might, under his pen, have been immortalised next.