Research Catalog

Title

Something for the pain : a memoir of the turf / by Gerald Murnane.

Author

Murnane, Gerald, 1939-

Publication

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : The Text Publishing Company, 2015.

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Details

Description

252 pages : illustration; 24 cm

Summary

I never met anyone whose interest in racing matched my own. Both on and off the course, so to speak, I've enjoyed the company of many a racing acquaintance. I've read books, or parts of books, by persons who might have come close to being true racing friends of mine if ever we had met. For most of my long life, however, my enjoyment of racing has been a solitary thing: something I could never wholly explain to anyone else. As a boy, Gerald Murnane became obsessed with horse racing. He had never ridden a horse, nor seen a race. Yet he was fascinated by photos of horse races in the Sporting Globe, and by the incantation of horses' names in radio broadcasts of races. Murnane discovered in these races more than he could find in religion or philosophy: they were the gateway to a world of imagination. Gerald Murnane is like no other writer, and Something for the Pain is like no other Murnane book. In this unique and spellbinding memoir, he tells the story of his life through the lens of horse racing. It is candid, droll and moving - a treat for lovers of literature and of the turf.

Subject

• Murnane, Gerald, 1939-
• Authors, Australian > Biography
• Horse racing
• Authors, Australian
• Australian

Genre/Form

Biography.

Call Number

JFE 16-6675

ISBN

• 9781925240375
• 1925240371

OCLC

910239892

Author

Murnane, Gerald, 1939- author.

Title

Something for the pain : a memoir of the turf / by Gerald Murnane.

Publisher

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : The Text Publishing Company, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed Term

Australian

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6675