Friday, March 23, 2012

Reviews from Crikey Weekender


Review: Martha Schabas' Various Positions
Review: Martha Schabas' Various Positions

The plot of Martha Schabas' debut novel is fraught with cliches. But it's nevertheless an ambitious and faithful homage to Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, writes Erin Handley, told with beautiful, detailed and engrossing prose.
'In the market for men' -- Rodney Hall on finding wisdom
'In the market for men' -- Rodney Hall on finding wisdom

Acclaimed author Rodney Hall gave a fascinating talk at Melbourne's Wheeler Centre on Henry Handel Richardson's The Getting of Wisdom -- the inheritor, he argued, of the Jane Austen classic Emma. W.H. Chong was there.



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