The Undergrowth
& Other Stories
Published on 22. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
66 pages
978-1-74027-276-6 (ISBN)
Description
An ambitious lawyer confronts his ideals and his Greek heritage when seeking promotion in an establishment firm in the early ’80s. An introverted TAFE lecturer grabs a surprising way out of her tidy and predictable life. And a would-be lover becomes obsessed after a rude rejection. Robert Horne’s fascinating range of characters haunt the bars, porches and offices of Adelaide looking for answers to questions about themselves. They are often angry, frustrated and confused, but always seeking an opportunity for change. This book of stories is at once challenging and life-affirming.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charnwood, ACT
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
97 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74027-276-6 (9781740272766)
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Person
Robert Horne has been an avid reader of fiction since childhood when he started on the classic novels his mother put in their bookshelves. With a BA under his arm, he worked at many different jobs before spending sixteen years as a senior secondary teacher in English and Classical Studies. His first visit to S-E Asia in 2008 developed within him a burning interest to write about that area.His articles have appeared in the Sydney Review of Books, Mekong Review and journals of the Universities of Barcelona and New Delhi. He is the prize-winning author of two books of short stories and completed a Master of Arts in 2012, and in 2017 a Doctor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing. He is now a freelance editor of academic writing, as well as an interested gardener and grower of organic vegies. But it is the flame of fiction writing that still burns most strongly in him.