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OverviewIntroduced by Favel Parrett 'Mother's stomach bellied out like a sail. Young, she was unable to say no to anyone who asked her to make love. Her reasons for her behaviour were all her own; never, after she'd had me did she allow another man to enter her; my birth was her real marriage. And when I was six, she shut herself away entirely.' A Woman of the Future, first published in 1979, was David Ireland's best-selling sixth novel and his third to win the Miles Franklin Award. An imaginative tour de force, it is the story of the young life of Anthea Hunt-from conception to sexual awakening. It is controversial and brilliant, and unlike anything else in Australian literature. Now published as a Text Classic, it features a new introduction from Kate Jennings. 'Immense originality, wit and gritty wisdom...David Ireland has reached the top.' Patrick White 'Superlative powers of observation...a very rewarding read.' Manning Clark www.textclassics.com.au Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Ireland , Kate JenningsPublisher: Text Publishing Imprint: Text Classics Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9781922079824ISBN 10: 1922079820 Pages: 404 Publication Date: 21 November 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'Immense originality, wit and gritty wisdom... David Ireland has reached the top.' - Patrick White. 'Superlative powers of observation... a very rewarding read.' - Manning Clark. 'Immense originality, wit and gritty wisdom...David Ireland has reached the top.' -- Patrick White 'Remarkable...an extraordinary memoire of adolescence' * New York Times * 'A brilliant, often mind-blowing excursion...the sexual scenes here are as deliberately shocking as any recent fiction.' * Saturday Review * 'Superlative powers of observation...a very rewarding read.' -- Manning Clark 'A Woman of the Future is not just a novel, it is a phenomenon.' -- Douglas Stewart Author InformationDavid Ireland was born in 1927 on a kitchen table in Lakemba in south-western Sydney. He lived in many places and worked at many jobs, including greenskeeper, factory hand, and for an extended period in an oil refinery, before he became a full-time writer. Ireland started out writing poetry and drama but then turned to fiction. His first novel, The Chantic Bird, was published in 1968. In the next decade he published five further novels, three of which won the Miles Franklin Award: The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, The Glass Canoe and A Woman of the Future. David Ireland was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1981. In 1985 he received the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel Archimedes and the Seagull. David Ireland lives in New South Wales. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |