Overview
On Shirley Hazzard reveals Michelle de Kretserās lively intelligence at work and her distinctive wit. This testament to her sustained engagement with Hazzardās work is, at its core, an appreciation of the significance and joy of good fiction. Receptiveness when reading is a prerequisite for perceptive analysis, according to both de Kretser and Hazzard. And for prose, the āsimple and precise,ā the ātransient and insignificantā are key qualities: āNot moonlight but the glitter of broken glass,ā for de Kretser as for Chekhov. Selective biographical details about Hazzard are relayed, tooāher leaving Australia and formal education at the age of sixteen, her working, unhappily, at the United Nations in Manhattan, her long friendship with Graham Greene. Hazzardās morality is also invokedāāsolidarity with the vulnerableā and pacifism being of prime importance.
Shirley Hazzard (1931ā2016) published her first short story in The New Yorker in 1961. The magazine continued to publish her work in the decades thereafter, including excerpts from her most successful and beloved novel, the bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, The Transit of Venus (1980). Michelle de Kretserās insightful and provocative appreciation does Hazzard fine justice.
This book title, On Shirley Hazzard, ISBN: 9781948226820, by Michelle De Kretser, published by Catapult (March 10, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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