Description
A classic of Australian literature, The Education of Young Donald Trilogy combines Donald Horne's three autobiographies - The Education of Young Donald (1967), Confessions of a New Boy (1985) and Portrait of an Optimist (1988) - in one volume. Describing his formative years as he strays far from home, it tells how Donald moved among the social classes, strolled from one milieu to another, visited foreign lands, flirted between intellectual perspectives, had successes that were failures and failures that were successes and ends up, with an in increasing sense of exile.
With a keen intellect and a sharp wit, Horne portrays the rough and tumble world of journalism.
About the Author
Donald Horne (1921-2005) was an Australian writer. He worked in journalism, starting as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and going on to edit the intellectual periodical The Observer and The Bulletin. He was an academic in the school of political science at the UNSW from 1973-1986. He wrote two dozen books including The Lucky Country, The Story of the Australian People, Death of the Lucky Country, The Great Museum and 10 steps to a more tolerant Australia.
Julia Horne is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Sydney and university historian. She has published widely on Australian cultural and social history.
Nick Horne is a Sydney taxi driver and editor of Donald Horne: Selected Writings (2017).
Reviews
Donald Horne was an eager participant in 20th century public conversations that made Australia what it is today. His searching autobiographical trilogy introduces him to a new generation of readers."" - Edmund Campion
""His three-volume autobiography is one of the major literary achievements of twentieth century Australia..."" - Meaghan Morris, Gleebooks Gleaner
""In some ways, his personality embodied the Australia into which he was born in 1921: hard edged, wry-humoured, industrious and pragmatic. In a country with a deeply ingrained anti-intellectual tradition ... Horne was a feisty advocate for the virtues of intellectual life."" - Mark McKenna, The Australian
Book Information
ISBN 9781742237299
Author Donald Horne
Format Paperback
Page Count 816
Imprint NewSouth Publishing
Publisher NewSouth Publishing
With a keen intellect and a sharp wit, Horne portrays the rough and tumble world of journalism.
About the Author
Donald Horne (1921-2005) was an Australian writer. He worked in journalism, starting as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and going on to edit the intellectual periodical The Observer and The Bulletin. He was an academic in the school of political science at the UNSW from 1973-1986. He wrote two dozen books including The Lucky Country, The Story of the Australian People, Death of the Lucky Country, The Great Museum and 10 steps to a more tolerant Australia.
Julia Horne is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Sydney and university historian. She has published widely on Australian cultural and social history.
Nick Horne is a Sydney taxi driver and editor of Donald Horne: Selected Writings (2017).
Reviews
Donald Horne was an eager participant in 20th century public conversations that made Australia what it is today. His searching autobiographical trilogy introduces him to a new generation of readers."" - Edmund Campion
""His three-volume autobiography is one of the major literary achievements of twentieth century Australia..."" - Meaghan Morris, Gleebooks Gleaner
""In some ways, his personality embodied the Australia into which he was born in 1921: hard edged, wry-humoured, industrious and pragmatic. In a country with a deeply ingrained anti-intellectual tradition ... Horne was a feisty advocate for the virtues of intellectual life."" - Mark McKenna, The Australian
Book Information
ISBN 9781742237299
Author Donald Horne
Format Paperback
Page Count 816
Imprint NewSouth Publishing
Publisher NewSouth Publishing
