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A young Australian woman, the daughter of an American musician, looks back on the people and forces that shaped her life
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Astley's Australian setting has "a touch of Diane Arbus" that suits her plucky, off-center heroine: sun, white sand, "a racing blue sky under which the whole of Brisbane bakes its prejudices." For Belle, reaching Tin River, "a townlet of terminal attractiveness," means arriving at the end of the line. She has cast off from her eccentric mother and absent father, her unsympathetic husband and unsatisfying work, the whole society with which she is out of sync, only to become adrift in the past. Belle's research into the life of Gaden Locker, whose turn-of-the-century diary hints at mysterious encounters, obsesses her to the point of madness and crack-up at Tin River, scene of Locker's last days. Only her mordant honesty, graced by wit, rescues Belle from cynicism and self-pity. The rustle of her intelligence disturbs every page. Author of the recently published Two by Astley ( LJ 5/15/88), Astley has been honored by the Patrick White and Miles Franklin awards.
- Mary Soete, San Diego P.L., Cal.
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- Mary Soete, San Diego P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Aborted careers, a failed marriage and parental neglect drive emotionally needy outsider Belle to obsess over a long-dead settler named Gaden Lockyer as she approaches breakdown. According to PW, "Few writers can equal Astley in conveying the physical, social and moral landscape of Australia, or in scattering dazzling imagery on every page."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0855613459
- ISBN 13 9780855613457
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 223 pages. Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 219446
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near fine - a clean, tight copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original aqua boards with white title and credits to spine, 223 pages. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf. A sad yet funny novel about an ironic search for self-fulfilment; Belle's mother was a drummer in an all-women's group before she turned vegetarian and went to live in a shack in the hills. Seller Inventory # 1707217
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very good condition. "Beautifully written." --Publishers Weekly"Intelligent, fresh, and new." --KirkusFirst published in 1990. Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. Young Australian Belle, the daughter of an American musician, looks back on the people and forces that shaped her life. Researching in the archives Belle discovers the long-dead Gaden Lockyer, a colonial pioneer in Jericho Flats, and becomes obsessed. Belle's quest for Lockyer is her way of coming to terms with the past--her mother, "a drummer in her own all-women's group"; her absent American father; and her ineffectual husband. Astley's satire at its sharpest and most entertaining. {"length"=>["23"], "width"=>["15"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 14671137
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