LATEST DISCOUNTS & SALES: PROMOTIONS

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Seize the Fire

Three Speeches

Richard Flanagan Richard Flanagan

$12.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Penguin
29 October 2018
Australia is not a fixed entity, a collection of outdated bigotries and reactionary credos, but rather an invitation to dream, and this country - our country - belongs to its dreamers... if we are finally to once more go forward as a people it's time our dreamers were brought in from the cold. Richard Flanagan's speeches have become unique literary events attended by sellout crowds, reported in national and international media, and a spur to widespread debate and discussion.

Gathered here are three of his recent speeches in which he interweaves topics as diverse as troubadour poetry, love stories and the murder of the refugee Reza Barati; his top ten Tasmanian novels and the Australian Pacific solution; and his much-celebrated National Press Club address where he questioned the militarisation of Australian memory and argued for the need for formal Indigenous recognition.

Comic, illuminating and deeply moving, this is writing speaking to the great questions of our time and our country.

By:   ,
Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 179mm,  Width: 111mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   88g
ISBN:   9780143795322
ISBN 10:   0143795325
Pages:   80
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.

See Also