Published in and the joint winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Thea Astley’s final novel, Drylands, can be read as a prescient participant in the early s mourning for Australian literature. Named by Paul Genoni . Reference www.doorway.ru: Meg Brayshaw. Drylands is the story of the townsfolk’s harsh, violent lives. Trenchant and brilliant, Thea Astley’s final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline. Thea Astley was born in Brisbane in /5(2). · Drylands: Author: Thea Astley: Publisher: Penguin Group Australia, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects/5(2).
Drylands is the story of the townsfolk's harsh, violent lives. Trenchant and brilliant, Thea Astley's final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline. Thea Astley was born in Brisbane in Her first novel, Girl with a Monkey, was published in and her third. Lee Stephenson reviews Drylands, by Thea Astley. This is the author's last novel, although some may dispute that it is actually a novel, because it is made up of short stories all tied together. Thea Astley was one of Australia's most respected and acclaimed novelists. Born in Brisbane in , Astley studied arts at the University of Queensland. She held a position as Fellow in Australian Literature at Macquarie University until , when she retired to write full time. In she was granted an honorary doctorate of letters [ ].
Drylands by Thea Astley. Click here for the lowest price! Audio CD, , Drylands is the story of the townsfolk’s harsh, violent lives. Trenchant and brilliant, Thea Astley’s final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline. Thea Astley was born in Brisbane in Drylands is Thea Astley at her fine, angry best. This novel, which turned out to be her last (she died in , aged 78), earned her the Miles Franklin Literary Award in , a prize she shared with joint winner Kim Scott for his novel Benang: From the Heart. Astley, it has to be said, is not always an easy writer to read.
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