Jump to content

Vanishing Points

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vanishing Points
First edition
AuthorThea Astley
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHeinemann, Australia
Publication date
1992
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages234
ISBN9780399137709
Preceded byReaching Tin River 
Followed byCoda 

Vanishing 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

[edit]

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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Austlit - Vanishing Points by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ ""Vanishing Points, Thea Astley, Author"". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ ""Vanishing Pointsby Thea Astley"". Kirkus Reviews, 15 July 1992. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Austlit - Vanishing Points - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

See also

[edit]