· Floundering by Romy Ash. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 23% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 23%. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. WANT A NOOK?Author: Romy Ash. 'Ash’s novel deftly captures the fading innocence of a boy who witnesses more than he understands; what he leaves unsaid is as revealing as what he articulates. Floundering blends spare but elegant prose with a gripping plot and an assured sense of place. It’s an impressive first novel that heralds the arrival of a talented new voice in Australian literary fiction. 4 stars.'5/5(11). Romy Ash is the author of Floundering, her first novel, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin, Commonwealth Writer's Prize and Prime Minister's literary award, amongst others. She was awarded the SMH Best Young Australian Novelists of the year award for
Romy Ash graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in and went on to become editor of Syntax www.doorway.ru (research) Masters was awarded by the University of Melbourne (School of Culture and Communication) in for 'Dead Drunk', a thesis examining the representation of the drunk in Australian fiction. [Romy Ash's debut] is full of heart. Her voice is already strong, Floundering blends spare but elegant prose with a gripping plot and an assured sense of place. It's an impressive first novel that heralds the arrival of a talented new voice in Australian literary fiction. 4 stars.'. This does not indicate that Romy Ash's writing is in any way dated. Far from it. The story she tells is at the cutting edge of contemporary social issues. Floundering is a novel to both enjoy and feel generously challenged by. Tony Birch's latest novel is Blood. Floundering is out now in paperback ($) and ebook ($).
T o some of us, Romy Ash might be in familiar west coast territory with her first novel, Floundering, but her unsentimental, suspenseful and strangely elegant story is as powerful as its backdrop. Floundering is a first-time novel by Romy Ash. It’s the story of two boys who are reclaimed by their dysfunctional mother after a year of living happily with their grandparents, and taken on a mysterious and foreboding road trip. 'Ash’s novel deftly captures the fading innocence of a boy who witnesses more than he understands; what he leaves unsaid is as revealing as what he articulates. Floundering blends spare but elegant prose with a gripping plot and an assured sense of place. It’s an impressive first novel that heralds the arrival of a talented new voice in Australian literary fiction. 4 stars.'.
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