{"product_id":"9781925336320","title":"These Things are Real","description":"Author: Alan Wearne\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336320\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jul 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wearne's epics and fragments are like the traces of aruined culture, in which everybody got to star in their own domestic drama orscrewball romance. Until you realise that it's happening, here and now: you arebeing waltzed around the living room of middle-class folklore.\"  \u003cb\u003eBonny Cassidy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Australia's finest verse satirist\"  \u003cb\u003ePeter Pierce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlanWearne specialises in monologues and verse narratives. A young widow inpost-war Melbourne fends off the approaches of her best friend's husband; aretired femocrat recalls her lovelorn Maoist youth; a single mother falls intoan abusive relationship with a drifting musician; a heroin addict is haunted byhis dealer's murder of a youth. Also included is 'The Sarsaparilla Writer'sCentre', a collection of satires on music, football, religion, politics, andpoets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Wearne's verse novels \u003ci\u003eTheNightmarkets \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lovemakers\u003c\/i\u003eand his collections \u003ci\u003eThe AustralianPopular Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePrepare theCabin for Landing \u003c\/i\u003ewon the National Book Council Banjo Award, the NSWPremier's Poetry Prize and Book of the Year Award, the Judith Wright CalantheAward, the Grace Levin Prize and the Colin Roderick Award. He is the publisherof Grand Parade Poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867080118430,"sku":"ADS-9781925336320","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336320.jpg?v=1779429482","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336320","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}