Author Talk: Sydney A Biography - Louis Nowra (original) (raw)

In _Sydney, acclaimed playwright and writer Louis Nowra – author of _Kings Cross and _Woolloomooloo – expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of self-importance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers, artists, thieves and visionaries.

Along with its people Nowra surveys the city’s landscape, its architecture, and its global identity. And as Sydney’s history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond, Nowra revels in its neon lights, music, skyscrapers, sense of optimism and the many disparate elements that shape Sydneysiders’ view of themselves.

Louis Nowra is a playwright, novelist, essayist and screen-writer. Some of his plays are _Inner Voices, _The Golden Age, _Inside the Island, _The Boyce Trilogy, _Radiance and _The Lewis Trilogy (_Summer of the Aliens, _Così, _This Much is True). Screen credits include _Map of the Human Heart, _Radiance, _Black and White, _Heaven’s Burning, _K-19: The Widowmaker and _Così. His novels are _The Misery of Beauty, _Palu, _Red Nights, Abaza and__Ice.

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