The Burning Library
Our Great Novelists Lost and Found
$29.59
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2012
Summary
The Burning Library explores the lives and work of Australian novelists, many of whom have unjustly disappeared from the public imagination. Alarmed by the increasingly marginal status of Australian literature in the academy, Williamson has set out to reintroduce us to those key writers whose works we may have forgotten or missed altogether. His focus is on fiction that gives pleasure, and he is ardent in defence of books that for whatever reason sit uneasily in the present moment.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922985 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921922982 |
| Author: | Geordie Williamson |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 155mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
‘Commands attention and invites dispute…Brilliant, unobliged and provoking work.’
‘As an introductory text to the Australian canon, The Burning Library is remarkable. Williamson’s enthusiasm for Australian literature and his boundless knowledge of the genre give the book an enlightening and accessible quality that brings to life a neglected part of our national heritage which, through Williamson’s astute gaze, appears absurd to have let fallen astray. I thoroughly recommend The Burning Library to any reader with an interest in Australian literature.’ * Readings Monthly *
Geordie Williamson
Geordie Williamson is chief literary critic of the Australian newspaper, a position he has held since 2008, though his essays and reviews have been appearing in newspapers and magazines here and in the UK for over a decade. In 2011, he won the Pascall Prize for criticism, Australia’s only major national prize awarded for critical writing. He lives in the Blue Mountains with his family.
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