Eva Hornung Eva Hornung i(A121694 works by)
Writing name for: Eva Sallis
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1 From The Sound of Water Only Eva Hornung , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: A Book of Friends : In Honour of J. M. Coetzee on His 80th Birthday 2020; (p. 67-82)
1 Love for No Return Eva Hornung , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 June 2019; (p. 21)

'JM Coetzee’s Disgrace is a novel that has earned admiration and provoked dismay.' 

1 Wadu Matyidi : A Long Time Gone Buck McKenzie , Eva Hornung , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 55 2017; (p. 161-174)
'Wadu matyidi began in a curious, perhaps unique way. Jillian Bovoro and I started the Adnyamathanha language course Inhaadi Adnyamathanha Ngawarla. It had been running for a term and a half. Most of the students were beginners, some had a smattering of language. Most were of Adnyamathanha background. There were no published resources for beginners and so, class by class, we made our own out of what Uncle Buck and other elders gave us, using linguist Bernhard Schebeck's unpublished dictionary.' (Publication abstract)
1 9 y separately published work icon The Last Garden Eva Hornung , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2017 10604891 2017 single work novel

'The settlement of Wahrheit, founded in exile to await the return of the Messiah, has been waiting longer than expected. Pastor Helfgott has begun to feel the subtle fraying of the community’s faith.

'Then Matthias Orion shoots his wife and himself, on the very day their son Benedict returns home from boarding school.

'Benedict is unmoored by shock, severed from his past and his future. Unable to be inside the house, unable to speak, he moves into the barn with the horses and chooks, relying on the animals’ strength and the rhythm of the working day to hold his shattered self together.

'The pastor watches over Benedict through the year of his crazy grief: man and boy growing, each according to his own capacity, as they come to terms with the unknowable past and the frailties of being human.' (Publication summary)

1 Flight Eva Hornung , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: A Country Too Far : Writings on Asylum Seekers 2013; (p. 237-241)
1 The Sea Eva Hornung , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: A Country Too Far : Writings on Asylum Seekers 2013; (p. 221-227)
1 The Infernal Wood Eva Hornung , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 30 2010; (p. 200-216)
13 32 y separately published work icon Dog Boy Eva Hornung , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2009 Z1552114 2009 single work novel (taught in 2 units)

'Abandoned in a big city at the onset of winter, a hungry four-year-old boy follows a stray dog to her lair. There in the rich smelly darkness, in the rub of hair, claws and teeth, he joins four puppies suckling at their mother's teats. And so begins Romochka's life as a dog.

Weak and hairless, with his useless nose and blunt little teeth, Romochka is ashamed of what a poor dog he makes. But learning how to be something else...that's a skill a human can master. Fortunately - because one day Romochka will have to learn how to be a boy.' (Publisher's Blurb)

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