Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family – The Bodysurfers is an Australian classic. A short-story collection which has become a bestseller and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre, The Bodysurfers on its first publication marked a major change in Australian literature. The Bodysurfers - Robert Drewe () The Bodysurfers is a collection of interlinking short stories that predominantly follow the generational fortunes of the Lang family. Most of the stories are set on either the west or east coast of Australia, with one set on the west coast of America. It is not an exaggeration to claim that Australians have a strong connection with the ocean, with nearly all of the Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. The Bodysurfers, also became a successful ABC and BBC TV mini-series and was adapted for radio and the theatre. The Bodysurfers and Our Sunshine have been republished internationally as Penguin Modern Classics. Published recently was a second volume of memoir, Montebello.
The Bodysurfers vividly evokes the beach, with the scent of the suntan oil, the sting of the sun and a lazy sensuality, all the while hinting at a deep undercurrent of suburban malaise. From first publication, these poignant and seductive stories marked a major change in Australian literature. The Bodysurfers, Robert Drewe For those whose picture of 'Australiana' centres the beach, Robert Drewe's collection of short stories is a classic. Subverting the trite depiction of the beach as a sunny idyll, Drewe instead draws upon a landscape that reeks with repressed desire and decay. Robert Drewe. Robert Drewe is the author of seven novels, four books of short stories, two memoirs, six other works of non-fiction and two plays. His work has been widely translated, and adapted for film, television, theatre and radio. In his mids, and already a Walkley Award-winning journalist, Drewe shifted his focus to writing fiction.
Robert Drewe is Australia's most prominent journalist-novelist in that he has won awards for reportage and fiction. He has won two Walkley Awards (, ) and written five novels and two books of short stories, including The Bodysurfers, which became a TV mini-series. Fortune () won the National Book Council's Banjo Award for fiction. Robert Drewe is among Australia’s most loved writers – of novels, memoir and short stories. His iconic Australian books include The Shark Net, The Bodysurfers and Our Sunshine. He is also editor of Black Inc.’s Best Australian Stories annual series. Recently, he has revisited the short story himself, with a masterful new collection, The Rip. The Bodysurfers - Robert Drewe () The Bodysurfers is a collection of interlinking short stories that predominantly follow the generational fortunes of the Lang family. Most of the stories are set on either the west or east coast of Australia, with one set on the west coast of America. It is not an exaggeration to claim that Australians have a strong connection with the ocean, with nearly all of the major cities lying along our coastlines.
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