{"product_id":"the-true-colour-of-the-sea","title":"The True Colour of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited new collection of short stories from Australia's master of the short-story genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn artist marooned on a remote island in the Arafura Sea contemplates his survival chances. He understands his desperate plight and the ocean's unrelenting power. But what is its true colour?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beguiling young woman nurses a baby by a lake while hiding brutal scars. Uneasy descendants of a cannibal victim visit the Pacific island of their ancestor's murder. A Caribbean cruise of elderly tourists faces life with wicked optimism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty, clever, ever touching and always inventive, the eleven stories in The True Colour of the Sea take us to many varied coasts- whether a tense Christmas holiday apartment overlooking the Indian Ocean or the shabby glamour of a Cuban resort hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelationships might be frayed, savaged, regretted or celebrated, but here there is always the life-force of the ocean - seducing, threatening, inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The True Colour of the Sea, Robert Drewe - Australia's master of the short story form - makes a gift of stories that tackle the big themes of life- love, loss, desire, family, ageing, humanity and the life of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Drewe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46452685701289,"sku":"9780143782681","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780143782681.jpg?v=1759543991","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-true-colour-of-the-sea","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}