Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: Monkey Grip
Author: GARNER HELEN
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 29/10/2018
Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHERS
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
Helen Garner Text HB $29.99 each
These two novels from Garner’s early writing
career are now undeniably part of the canon
of Australian literature. Presented here
in gorgeous new hardback editions, they
include new introductions by Charlotte Wood
for Monkey Grip and by Ben Lerner for The
Children’s Bach. In Monkey Grip, Garner’s
first novel, we meet Nora and Javo who live
in a communal household in Melbourne’s
Fitzroy. Athena and Dexter, the subjects of
The Children’s Bach, live in more traditional
domesticity. Both books expose fault lines
in these relationships with unflinching
honesty. And they tell us much more about
life besides, especially for women. Familiar
treasures for some, delights yet to be
discovered for others.
This beautiful hardback edition of Helen Garner’s gritty lyrical first novel, Monkey Grip, released along with a handsome new edition of The Children’s Bach, celebrates the seminal work of one of our greatest writers. Monkey Grip, the quintessential Melbourne novel, is the story of Nora, a young woman pulled into a tumultuous relationship with the unpredictable Javo, whose drug addiction pushes Nora beyond her limits. A classic of its times, the novel continues to resonate with readers of all generations.
ISBN: 9781925773156
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 172