Thea Astley : inventing her own weather / Karen Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones Lamb, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astley, Thea.

Authors, Australian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Australian.

Novelists, Australian--Biography.

Novelists, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

Saint Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first biography of one of Australia's most beloved novelists, Thea Astley (1925-2004). Over a 50-year writing career, Astley published more than a dozen novels and short story collections, including The Acolyte, Drylands, and The Slow Natives, and was the first person to win multiple Miles Franklin Awards. With many of her works published internationally, Astley was a trailblazer for women writers. In her personal life, she was renowned for her dry wit, eccentricity, and compassion. Karen Lamb has drawn on an unparalleled range of interviews and correspondence to create a detailed

Contents:

Cover; Author biography; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; PART 1 - THE HINTERLAND; 1 The hinterland of childhood; 2 Suspected of reading; 3 Barjai: A meeting place; 4 We've Freud and Nietzsche at our finger-tips; PART 2 - DREAM COUNTRY; 5 Dream Country; 6 Jack; 7 The Gorgon of Epping North; 8 An armed neutrality; 9 I merely crave an intelligent buddy; 10 Writing as a neuter; PART 3 - NORTH OF NOSTALGIA; 11 The oldest senior tutor inthe Commonwealth; 12 North of nostalgia; 13 Living is serial; 14 Jane Austen of the rainforest; PART 4 - PERSONAL WEATHER

15 Pictures from a family album16 Inventing her own weather; 17 Curving; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Notes; Further reading; Index; Picture Section

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7022-5356-1