Stories From Suburban Road: An Autobiographical Collection 1920-1939
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
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A richly personal work of Australian autobiographical fiction, Stories From Suburban Road: An Autobiographical Collection 1920-1939 chronicles the formative years of one of Western Australia's most celebrated literary voices, drawing on the author's own childhood and young adulthood in Perth during the interwar period. Set against the backdrop of a working-class suburban neighbourhood, the collection paints a vivid portrait of Depression-era Australia, capturing the struggles, humour, and quiet resilience of ordinary families navigating economic hardship and social change. T.A.G. Hungerford writes with warmth and an unflinching eye for detail, rendering the textures of everyday life — the street characters, family tensions, and neighbourhood rituals — with both affection and honesty. The tone is intimate and gently elegiac, balancing nostalgia with a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the era's difficulties, and the result is a deeply human document that illuminates a vanished world with remarkable clarity.
Author: T.A.G. Hungerford
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly personal work of Australian autobiographical fiction, Stories From Suburban Road: An Autobiographical Collection 1920-1939 chronicles the formative years of one of Western Australia's most celebrated literary voices, drawing on the author's own childhood and young adulthood in Perth during the interwar period. Set against the backdrop of a working-class suburban neighbourhood, the collection paints a vivid portrait of Depression-era Australia, capturing the struggles, humour, and quiet resilience of ordinary families navigating economic hardship and social change. T.A.G. Hungerford writes with warmth and an unflinching eye for detail, rendering the textures of everyday life — the street characters, family tensions, and neighbourhood rituals — with both affection and honesty. The tone is intimate and gently elegiac, balancing nostalgia with a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the era's difficulties, and the result is a deeply human document that illuminates a vanished world with remarkable clarity.