The Weight of a Human Heart

Ryan O'Neill

апр. 2012 г. · Black Inc.

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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

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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.