Coonardoo
A Scholarly Edition
$29.75
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
Katharine Susannah Prichard’s Coonardoo was a national prize winner in 1928, and one of the most widely taught works of Australian literature in twentieth century. Few books have attracted such differing assessments: brilliantly authentic, completely fabricated, incisive realism, ‘a fairytale’. The author herself attracted controversy as ‘the red witch’, a sobriquet used as the title for Nathan Hobby’s recent biography.
For the first time, the depth of Prichard’s research int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760803469 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1760803464 |
| Author: | Katharine Susannah Prichard, Leigh Dale, Graham Barwell |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Katharine Susannah Prichard
Katharine Susannah Prichard was an author and historically significant person who lived most of her life in the Perth hills region of Western Australia.
She was notably the first Australian novelist to gain international recognition for her 1915 novel, The Pioneers, which won the prestigious Hodder and Stoughton All Empire Literature Prize for Australasia.
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