Self Possession

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Halligan writes with immense confidence from an apparently constantly replenishing source of grace, calmness and generosity. At her finest her writing shimmers the most eagle-eyed novelist on the continent.
Helen Elliott, Age
This elegantly ironic comedy of manners, both good and bad, is Marion Halligan's first novel. Already she displays those superlative skills as a wordsmith that have established her in the front ranks of Australian writing today.
Angela is in her final year at university, excelling academically but neglecting her worldly education — until she is taken up by a team of would-be Pygmalions. The clever, concerned Brownlows, with their friends Helen and Zachary Willis, the last of the Laurent-ian lovers who see sex as the answer to all life's problems, help to transform the ugly duckling. The newly confident Angela is swept off her feet by the suave young painter Halley Candillon, but finally recognises that she can take artistic command of her... Tovább

Fülszöveg

UQP FICTION
Halligan writes with immense confidence from an apparently constantly replenishing source of grace, calmness and generosity. At her finest her writing shimmers the most eagle-eyed novelist on the continent.
Helen Elliott, Age
This elegantly ironic comedy of manners, both good and bad, is Marion Halligan's first novel. Already she displays those superlative skills as a wordsmith that have established her in the front ranks of Australian writing today.
Angela is in her final year at university, excelling academically but neglecting her worldly education — until she is taken up by a team of would-be Pygmalions. The clever, concerned Brownlows, with their friends Helen and Zachary Willis, the last of the Laurent-ian lovers who see sex as the answer to all life's problems, help to transform the ugly duckling. The newly confident Angela is swept off her feet by the suave young painter Halley Candillon, but finally recognises that she can take artistic command of her own life.
"Here Is not just a novel but the exciting promise of years of pleasure — a first novel of skill and insight."
Katharine England, Adelaide >Aofvert/ser
"On one level the book is very serious and at times even lyrical about growing up, on another it can be read as a fun parody."
Peter Goldsworthy, Sydney looming Herald
"A writer who understands and accepts the sadness, the vulnerability, the muddles and failures of human existence, who knows that there is no armour against fate yet believes in life."
Nancy Phelan, Australian Book Review
Cover design by Christopher McVinish using an illustration by Cynthia Breusch
uQp PAPERBACKS ISBN D-?DEE-Em7-3
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