The Stranger From Melbourne. Frank Hardy - A Literary Biography 1944-1975

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Western Australia Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 212 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Frank Hardy was both a writer and a conspicuous public figure. So huge is his public legacy that it often overshadows the literary work and the books he wrote, many of which are no longer in print. Mr. Hardy may not have been the greatest writer Australia has ever produced, but he was perhaps one of the greatest literary risk takers and experimenters. This book looks at Hardy the writer and Hardy the public/private historical figure - from the halcyon days of Australian Communism in the forties - to the period following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. These years, 1944-1975, represent some of the key trurning points in Hardys writing and in particular, the significant changes in his relationship to the Communist Party of Australia, which are central to understanding his writing.

ISBN: 9781876268237