The Catherine Wheel
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The Catherine Wheel by Elizabeth Harrower
The wind from Siberia as announced by the BBC came down Bayswater Road from the direction of Marble Arch...Searing skin, and petrifying metal and wood, it took possession of London and this early day of the new year. Gently, somehow sympathetically, with a secret sort of throb, my ears ached against it, but rather more drearily and with a sense of injustice my eyes watered as I narrowed them at the steely dark sky and swirling smoke. The centre of the universe! The brilliance of the winter season!Twenty-five-year-old Clemency James has moved from Sydney to a chilly bedsit on the other side of the world. During the day she studies for the bar by correspondence; in the evenings she gives French lessons to earn a meagre wage. When she meets Christian, a charismatic would-be actor, she can see he's trouble-not least because he's involved with an older woman who has children. She is drawn to him nonetheless- drawn into his world of unpayable debts and wild promises.
First published in 1960, The Catherine Wheel is Elizabeth Harrower's third novel and the only one of her books not set in Australia. In it she turns her unflinching gaze on the grim realities of 1950s London, and the madness that can infect couples.
'I love The Watch Tower, but I love The Catherine Wheel more. Like all the Harrower books, with their psychological mysteries, their droll humour, their brilliant language and ear for voices, The Catherine Wheel takes your hand from the first page and beckons you in.' Ramona Koval
Elizabeth Harrower was born in Sydney in 1928, but she and her family moved to Newcastle when she was eleven years old. Harrower relocated to London in 1951. She went on a lot of trips and started writing fiction. Her debut novel, Down in the City, was released in 1957, and The Long Prospect was published the following year. She returned to Sydney in 1959 and began working for the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald as a book reviewer.
Her only novel not set in Sydney, The Catherine Wheel, was released in 1960. It recounts the story of an Australian law student in London. In 1966, The Watch Tower was released. She worked for Macmillan in publishing from 1961 to 1967. Harrower continued to produce short fiction but no further novels were published.
Her work is spartan, clever, and merciless in its portrayals of men and women. Several of her colleagues admired her, notably Patrick White and Christina Stead, and she is without a doubt one of Australia's most prominent postwar writers. Elizabeth Harrower is a Sydney-based writer. Fiona McGregor is a performance artist and author from Sydney.
He has written five books and she writes novels, articles, short stories, and reviews. Indelible Ink is her most recent book.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781922147950 |
| ISBN 10 | 1922147958 |
| Titel | The Catherine Wheel |
| Autor | Elizabeth Harrower |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Text Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2014-08-27 |
| Seitenanzahl | 352 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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