Australian Literature
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Patrick White's Enduring Lesson
Australian Nobel Prize-winning fiction writer Patrick White, who died in 1990, possessed a brilliance for language that suggests film is a limited medium.
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Sam De Brito at Waverley Literary Festival
Journalist Sam de Brito gave a 7:30am talk about his book The Lost Boys on Friday, at Gertrude and Alice Café and Bookstore in Bondi.
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Kate Grenville's The Idea of Perfection
Like Harley Savage's artfully done quilts, Kate Grenville's novel is filled with delicious details and sharp contrasts.
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Book Review: Toni Jordan's Addition
Toni Jordan's novel about a woman who needs to count everything in her life has been a huge success in the UK - but is it any good?
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Breath - Tim Winton's Latest Novel
Australian novelist Tim Winton's latest book is an exhilarating surfers' rights-of-passage' novel that is far more nuanced than such a summation might suggest.
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The Fat Man in History
Peter Carey invokes dreamscapes, mythology and surrealism in order to provide startling clarity of vision, both commenting on and reflecting the nature of modern society
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Review: Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor
Like many young Australian writers, Andrew O'Connor draws on overseas experiences to write his award-winning first novel Tuvalu; it says much about Australia and Japan.
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J.M. Coetzee, Diary of a Bad Year
The main character, based on author J.M. Coetzee, writes a series of scathing political essays for a German publisher while entertaining feelings for his young typist
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Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
Slow Man, by South African native and Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee, is a dreamy meditation on a life fundamentally changed by a devastating accident.
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The Power of One Themes
The best-selling Australian author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory tells the story of Peekay, a boy growing up on the eve of World War II.
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Bryce Courtenay and Peekay
The best-selling Australian author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory tells the story of a prodigy growing up on the eve of World War II.
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The Power of One Plot
Best-selling Australian writer Bryce Courtenay (author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory) tells the story of Peekay, a boy growing up in apartheid South Africa.
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