Venero Armanno
Venero Armanno was born in Brisbane, and has studied at the University of Queensland, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Queensland University of Technology, and the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. The son of Sicilian migrants, he has travelled and worked widely throughout the world. In 1995, 1997 and 1999 he lived and worked at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, and he is frequently invited to speak about his work in Spain and Germany. He is the author of a book of short stories, Jumping at the Moon, and the novels The Lonely Hunter, Romeo Of The Underworld, My Beautiful Friend, The Volcano, Strange Rain, Firehead and Candle Life.
Books by Venero Armanno
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Candle Life
by Venero ArmannoPublished: 01/05/2006
Dealing with the nature of reality and dreams, of love, identity, despair and salvation, this is a truly brilliant and startlingly original novel.
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The Volcano
by Venero ArmannoPublished: 01/10/2002
Sweeping from Sicily to Australia, spanning generations and very different worlds, The Volcano is a novel of power, passion and sheer blazing brilliance from one of our most talented and original writers.
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Romeo Of The Underworld
by Venero ArmannoPublished: 05/10/2001
'Armanno writes with such intensity, his words detonate off the page...The real surprise is the unfolding humanity of the novel. Armanno writes of people with a deep and loving kindness...an opera, full-blown and gut-wrenching.' THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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The Lonely Hunter
by Venero ArmannoPublished: 05/10/2001
A novel of great strength and imagination, The Lonely Hunter is a journey into evil and redemption by one of Australia's most original and passionate writers.
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My Beautiful Friend
by Venero ArmannoPublished: 06/08/1999
A dark, brooding and erotic ghost story.
