Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780702253560)

Vendor: Karen Lamb
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather

$28.95

Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather

$28.95
Format: Paperback
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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 picture of Thea the woman, as well as Astley the writer. She has sought to understand Astley's private world and how that shaped the distinctive body of work that is Thea Astley's literary legacy.

Author: Karen Lamb
ISBN-10: 0702253561
ISBN-13: 9780702253560
Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2015
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
By Karen Lamb
By Karen Lamb
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Karen Lamb teaches literature and communication at the Australian Catholic University and has held teaching and research positions at the University of Queensland, Monash University, and the University of Melbourne, where she taught in literary studies, media and communication, and cultural studies. She has edited a book of Australian short stories, and published book chapters and articles on Australian authors, including Peter Carey: Genesis of Fame.

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