Author : Thea Astley
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925603571
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (256 download)
Book Synopsis Drylands by : Thea Astley
Download or read book Drylands written by Thea Astley and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • This May, Text will concurrently publish four Text Classics by the prolific and highly awarded Thea Astley • As with previous suites of Text Classics by Randolph Stow, Christina Stead, Amy Witting and Robin Klein, the concurrent publication of these four Astley novels demonstrates Text’s belief in the importance of this author • Astley is among the most significant Australian woman writers of the twentieth century—typified by her ironic style and her social consciousness, particularly of the injustices faced by indigenous Australians • At the time of her death in 2004, she held the record for the most Miles Franklin Literary Award wins by one author, a record she now jointly holds with Tim Winton • Collectively these four works of fiction are an opportunity for readers to rediscover parts of Astley’s catalogue that have been unjustly out-of-print, guided by two established and two emerging contemporary Australian woman authors • Drylands, first published in 1999, was Astley’s fourth and final Miles Franklin winner • In the bleak outback town of Drylands, Janet Deakin runs a newsagency and writes a novel for the world’s last reader. • This Text Classics edition will be introduced by author of the Miles Franklin-shortlisted An Isolated Incident, Emily Maguire