The Hottest Night Of The Century
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A celebrated work of Australian short fiction, The Hottest Night of the Century presents a collection of stories that illuminate the quiet tensions and emotional undercurrents of everyday life, particularly as experienced by women navigating identity, desire, and displacement. Glenda Adams crafts each narrative with a precise, lyrical prose style that balances restraint with sudden, startling insight. The stories range across domestic interiors and shifting social landscapes, uncovering the ways in which ordinary moments carry the weight of profound personal transformation. Adams writes with a cool, observational intelligence that rewards careful reading, drawing readers into worlds where the mundane and the surreal coexist with unsettling ease. Widely regarded as a landmark in Australian women's writing, the collection illustrates Adams's mastery of the short form and her ability to render complex inner lives with economy and grace.
Author: Glenda Adams
Format: Paperback
Published: 1979, Angus & Robertson Publishers
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A celebrated work of Australian short fiction, The Hottest Night of the Century presents a collection of stories that illuminate the quiet tensions and emotional undercurrents of everyday life, particularly as experienced by women navigating identity, desire, and displacement. Glenda Adams crafts each narrative with a precise, lyrical prose style that balances restraint with sudden, startling insight. The stories range across domestic interiors and shifting social landscapes, uncovering the ways in which ordinary moments carry the weight of profound personal transformation. Adams writes with a cool, observational intelligence that rewards careful reading, drawing readers into worlds where the mundane and the surreal coexist with unsettling ease. Widely regarded as a landmark in Australian women's writing, the collection illustrates Adams's mastery of the short form and her ability to render complex inner lives with economy and grace.