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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Weight of a Human Heart
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'Sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, this collection turns the rules of storytelling on their head.

'A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step. A literary stoush - and an affair - play out in the book review section of a national newspaper. The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper. A young girl learns her mother's disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.

'Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh new voice in Australian literature.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2012 .
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      Extent: 229p.
      ISBN: 9781863955577 (pbk)
    • Exeter, Devon (County),
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Old Street Publishing ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781908699206, 1908699205
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       St. Martin's Press ,       2013 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 229p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2014
      ISBN: 9781250024992 (hardcover)
    • Hertfordshire,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lightning Books ,       2018 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 2018.
      ISBN: 9781785630941, 1785630946
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Works about this Work

Exercises in the Experimental : Ryan O’Neill’s The Weight of a Human Heart Robert Goodman , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2012;
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Inventive, Dazzling Displays Felicity Plunkett , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
A Jolt of Electricity Kick-Starts the Art Conrad Walters , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 June 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Noted : The Weight of the Human Heart Karen Hitchcock , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 78 2012; (p. 63)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Narrative Exposure Jennifer Peterson-Ward (interviewer), 2012 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February/March vol. 91 no. 7 2012; (p. 39)
Untitled Jennifer Peterson-Ward , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February/March vol. 91 no. 7 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Noted : The Weight of the Human Heart Karen Hitchcock , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 78 2012; (p. 63)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
A Jolt of Electricity Kick-Starts the Art Conrad Walters , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 June 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Inventive, Dazzling Displays Felicity Plunkett , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Best of 2012 : Gentle Revolutionaries Jennifer Mills , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , December 2012;
— Review of Tarcutta Wake Josephine Rowe , 2012 selected work short story ; The Weight of a Human Heart Ryan O'Neill , 2012 selected work short story
Narrative Exposure Jennifer Peterson-Ward (interviewer), 2012 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February/March vol. 91 no. 7 2012; (p. 39)
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