Drylands [electronic resource]
Thea Astley2000
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In her flat above Drylands' newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the
world's last reader. Little has changed here in 50 years, except for the coming
of cable TV. Loneliness is almost a religion, and still everyone knows your
business. The town is being outmanoeuvred by drought and begins to empty,
pouring itself out like water into sand. Small minds shrink even smaller in the
vastness of the land. One man is forced out by council rates and bigotry;
another sells his property, risking the lot to build his dream. And all of them
are shadowed by violence of some sort - these people whose only victory over the
town is in leaving it.
"Drylands is a wake-up call for millennial Australia... Astley's brilliance
rests not only in her distinctive prose style but her willingness and courage to
make social statements, to assemble portraits of pain as a bridge to
compassion."
The Bulletin
Main title:
Drylands [electronic resource] / Thea Astley
Author:
Thea Astley, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : e-penguin, 2000
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742280929
Language:
English
BRN:
448720
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |