The Real Desire

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ReviewSometimes a book comes along which makes you see the world a little differently ... There are no flat spots in this bright book. At times confessional, autobiographical and yet never indulgent, this is one of the best local books published this year. Sunday TasmanianFerrell writes so confessionally and vulnerably and so very, very well ... essays discuss, always with wonderful novelty, such subjects as how being a newspaper journalist can rot a writer's soul, how the buying of a house is a torment ...Don't read this book. I want to be her only possible "ideal reader". Canberra TimesProduct DescriptionIn The Real Desire, the lenses of art, philosophy, sensuality, and the dreamscape invite us to explore the many guises of desire. A childhood interwoven with Aboriginal history, the banalities of buying real estate, discussion of lingerie and writing philosophy are to be found in this collection of essays from Robyn Ferrell.About the AuthorRobyn Ferrell is a Sydney writer and philosopher, and a research associate in cultural studies at the University of Sydney. For this book she was shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award.