The Best Australian Essays 2012

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Ramona Koval
Black Incorporated, Nov 5, 2012 - Literary Collections - 310 pages
‘When looking for wisdom, it’s a good idea to range widely’—RAMONA KOVAL

The Best Australian Essays 2012 presents the country’s most eloquent voices at the peak of their powers. Helen Garner, Anna Krien and Romy Ash discuss animals; David Marr, Rhys Muldoon and James Button discuss those of the political variety. Peter Robb meets Akira Isogawa, J.M. Coetzee considers Les Murray’s black dog, and Gillian Mears her award-winning novel.

John Bryson reflects on the drawn-out, unnecessary agony of the Azaria case. With humour, Louis Nowra walks in the shadow of death, while Lee Kofman’s teenage passions unfurl in a time of war. There’s Andrew Ford on John Cage, Maria Tumarkin on food, Clive James on Pauline Kael, and Nick Bryant on Gina Rinehart. These are essays full of insight and wit, on the subjects that moved us in 2012.

About the author (2012)

Ramona Koval has published several books, including a novel, Samovar. She has written for many newspapers and international journals, and her interviews have been published in book form. Her latest collection of Radio National interviews is Tasting Life Twice: Conversations with Remarkable Writers. In 1995 she won the Order of Australia Media Award.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Best Australian Essays 2012
EditorRamona Koval
PublisherBlack Incorporated, 2012
ISBN192187080X, 9781921870804
Length310 pages
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Literary Collections / Australian & Oceanian
Literary Collections / Essays
Social Science / Essays
  
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