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Typewriter Music
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A Malouf modern classic released in paperback for the first time. Typewriter Music begins with a memory of new love — with 'grace unasked for, urgencies that boom under the pocket of a shirt' — and ends in the intimate territory of the long-familiar relationships that...
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Description
A Malouf modern classic released in paperback for the first time.
Typewriter Music begins with a memory of new love — with 'grace unasked for, urgencies that boom under the pocket of a shirt' — and ends in the intimate territory of the long-familiar relationships that define our lives as we grow old.
This volume is marked by a breadth of intelligence, stepping lightly among the objects of our lives and the wonder of everyday encounters, and then journeying across the globe, in a flight of music, imagination, history, and language.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780702270956
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 July 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 102g
Pages: 96
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About the Author
David Malouf was born in Brisbane in 1934. Since 'Interiors' in Four Poets, 1962, he has published poetry, novels and short stories, essays, opera librettos and a play, and has been widely translated. In 2000 he was the sixteenth Neustadt Laureate.
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