The Penguin Book Of The Beach

Author: Robert Drewe

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  • : $24.95 AUD
  • : 9780141007984
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  • : 25 April 2002
  • : 198mm X 128mm X 34mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 29.95
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  • : 808.8310832
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Barcode 9780141007984
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Description

This international selection contains 25 stimulating, startling, moving, or humorous stories about the beach. Contributing authors include Paul Bowles, Italo Calvino, Nadine Gorgimer, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ian McEwan, Graham Swift and John Updike.

Author description

Robert Drewe was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up on the West Australian coast. His novels and short stories have been widely translated, won many national and international prizes, and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre. He has also written plays, screenplays, journalism and film criticism. He is also the editor of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE CITY.