Drylands: Text Classics

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

First published in 1999, Drylands was Thea Astley's fourth and final Miles Franklin winner.

In the dying town of Drylands, Janet Deakin sells papers to lonely locals. At night, in her flat above the newsagency, she attempts to write a novel for a world in which no one reads - 'full of people, she envisaged, glaring at a screen that glared glassily back.' Drylands is the story of the townsfolk's harsh, violent lives. Trenchant and brilliant, Thea Astley's final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781925603576
Published: April 2018

Number of pages: 272
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Text Publishing