Author: | Eleanor Dark | ISBN: | 9781743433119 |
Publisher: | Allen & Unwin | Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
Imprint: | Allen & Unwin | Language: | English |
Author: | Eleanor Dark |
ISBN: | 9781743433119 |
Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
Language: | English |
Published in 1934 and regarded as Australia's first modernist novel, Prelude to Christopher covers four days following a car crash where a doctor is critically injured, and the women around him struggle with their hopes, inhibitions and knowledge.
'...perfectly captures the feeling of the subterranean horror which flows silently under everyday life' - The Penguin New Literary History of Australia
Published in 1934 and regarded as Australia's first modernist novel, Prelude to Christopher covers four days following a car crash where a doctor is critically injured, and the women around him struggle with their hopes, inhibitions and knowledge.
'...perfectly captures the feeling of the subterranean horror which flows silently under everyday life' - The Penguin New Literary History of Australia