About this ebook
Sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, this collection turns the rules of storytelling on their head.
A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step.
A literary stoush – and an affair – play out in the book review section of a national newspaper.
The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper.
A young girl learns her mother’s disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.
Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh new voice in Australian literature.
“Stories full of wit, irony, wild invention, love and pain — and sometimes shocking power.” – Paddy O’Reilly
“By turns acerbic, playful and serious, O’Neill is equally at home with satire and pathos.” – Cate Kennedy
“With each new story O’Neill redefines the boundaries of what is possible” – Patrick Cullen
A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step.
A literary stoush – and an affair – play out in the book review section of a national newspaper.
The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper.
A young girl learns her mother’s disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.
Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh new voice in Australian literature.
“Stories full of wit, irony, wild invention, love and pain — and sometimes shocking power.” – Paddy O’Reilly
“By turns acerbic, playful and serious, O’Neill is equally at home with satire and pathos.” – Cate Kennedy
“With each new story O’Neill redefines the boundaries of what is possible” – Patrick Cullen
About the author
Ryan O’Neill is the author of The Weight of a Human Heart. His fiction has appeared in The Best Australian Stories, The Sleepers Almanac, Meanjin, New Australian Stories, Wet Ink, Etchings and Westerly.
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