UWA Publishing

New Writing

Book information

PRICE

AUS $26.95 incl GST

FORMAT

200 pages, 198 x 129mm
Paperback

CATEGORY

New Writing

ISBN

9781921401411

Further information

Media release - Arrhythmia: Stories of Desire
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Book cover of Arrhythmia: Stories of Desire

Arrhythmia: Stories of Desire By Richard Rossiter

Weaving an intricate and pulsating web of psychological and physical yearning, Arrhythmia: Stories of Desire is a collection of short fiction whose unifying theme is the manifestation of longing beneath the mundane surface of people’s everyday lives.

Men and women, young and old, urban and rural, contemporary and historical; all are interlinked through a profound familiarity that urges the reader to explore the interior lives of the protagonists - culminating in some surprising revelations that will leave you pondering the continuous influence the past exerts upon the present.

This distinctive and powerful collection from West Australian luminary Richard Rossiter implies an auto/biographical stance in many of the stories, compelling an intellectual reflection on the very nature of what it means to feel human.