Vanishing Points
Book by Thea Astley
9780399137709Vanishing Points (1992) is a novel by Australian author Thea Astley.[1] It consists of two loosely linked novellas, The Genteel Poverty Bus Company and Inventing the Weather.
Reviews
A reviewer for Publishers Weekly noted: "As depicted in these two wickedly observant, interlinked novellas, the southeastern 'gold coast' of the author's native Australia is a den of dropouts, rednecks, ex-hippies, oldtimers and misfits--free spirits seeking liberty and self-definition in a world where progress threatens all that is authentically Australian...Astley (Hunting the Wild Pineapple) has a quicksilver prose style and a keen satirical eye that make this book a delight."[2]
On Kirkus Reviews the reviewer found the book "A bit like the wickedly fun and satiric Fay Weldon. Sometimes cerebrally overengaged in style, but always fresh and inventive."[3]
Awards and nominations
- 1993 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award[4]
References
- ^ "Austlit - Vanishing Points by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ ""Vanishing Points, Thea Astley, Author"". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ ""Vanishing Pointsby Thea Astley"". Kirkus Reviews, 15 July 1992. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Vanishing Points - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
See also
- 1992 in Australian literature
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Works by Thea Astley
- Girl with a Monkey (1958)
- A Descant for Gossips (1960)
- The Well Dressed Explorer (1962)
- The Slow Natives (1965)
- A Boat Load of Home Folk (1968)
- The Acolyte (1972)
- A Kindness Cup (1974)
- An Item from the Late News (1982)
- Beachmasters (1985)
- Reaching Tin River (1990)
- Vanishing Points (1992)
- Coda (1994)
- The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow (1996)
- Drylands (1999)
- Hunting the Wild Pineapple (1979)
- Collected Stories (1997)
