AustLit logo

AustLit

y separately published work icon The Drowning Dream single work   novel   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Drowning Dream
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'William Webber simply wants to set the record straight. At ninety-six he has a rare medical ailment, suffers a recurring watery nightmare, and knows a thing or two about history. After all, he was there for a bit of it himself. Back in 1920, the young Webber finds himself in a boys' own adventure story, far from home, on the trail of mystery and romance. The dangerous cut-throat world of pearling, a mad hermit in the mangroves, a voyage on a death boat - the stuff of a young man's dreams. But nothing is as it seems, and in the real world there are no simple answers, no untarnished heroes, and no neat endings.' Source: book jacket.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 1998 .
      Extent: 264p.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 1863682147
    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2001 .
      Extent: 264p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 1863683631

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Narrative Examines the Cathartic Nature of Storytelling Paul Plisiewicz , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 123-124)

— Review of The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
A Surplus of Webbers. Unexpected Consequences of Writing Historical Fiction Peter Burke , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 44 no. 4 1999; (p. 104-115)
Welcome to Our Millenarian Dreams Thuy On , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel ; Mallawindy Joy Dettman , 1998 single work novel
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Child Patti Miller , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
Old Broome's Human Sweep Michael Sharkey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 April 1998; (p. 14)

— Review of Going Inland Pat Jacobs , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
Accomplished but Perhaps a Little Too Clever Ian McFarlane , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 26 April 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Three Dollars Elliot Perlman , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
Disparate Fictions Dianne Dempsey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 202 1998; (p. 23)

— Review of Three Dollars Elliot Perlman , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
A Sweeping Tale of Broome Katharine England , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 September 1998; (p. 23)

— Review of The Divine Wind Garry Disher , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
Old Broome's Human Sweep Michael Sharkey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 April 1998; (p. 14)

— Review of Going Inland Pat Jacobs , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Child Patti Miller , 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream Peter Burke , 1998 single work novel
A Surplus of Webbers. Unexpected Consequences of Writing Historical Fiction Peter Burke , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 44 no. 4 1999; (p. 104-115)
Last amended 6 Dec 2011 10:28:55
Settings:
  • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
  • 1920s
  • 1990s
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X