The Real Desire is a collection of essays written over the last ten years by Robyn Ferrell, who is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. This collection is for the general reader as well as the academic and student. In The Real Desire, the lenses of art, philosophy, sensuality, and the dreamscape invite us to explore the many guises of desire. Robyn Ferrell has brought together in one volume essays of discovery Pinjarra 1970; rites of passage Kingdom of God and Feminine Arts; disillusionment Paris Does Not Exist; and critical analysis Hemingways Typewriter and Real Desire. Ferrell combines the clarity of journalistic prose with the rigor of academic analysis. These essays are written for general interest as well as academic investigation.