Cosmo Cosmolino

Helen Garner, Ramona Koval

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Text Publishing Company
26 April 2012

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Originally published in 1992, this was a stylistic departure for Garner, and puzzled her readers somewhat. Full of long, beautifully constructed sentences, three stories are linked by the characters moving through time - and the appearance of angels. The unnamed narrator of the first grapples with the illness of one of her oldest friends who holds their shared past in his inflexible memory. In the second, an awkward young man does nothing to save his girlfriend from her troubles, and for his carelessness, sees her crumble into ash - literally, after her funeral service at a crematorium. And the third sees three disparate characters collide with misunderstandings on all sides, in a neglected house that was once a vital hub. Re-reading this, I was struck by the beauty of Garner's language and the keen insights she always brings to her writing; and what seemed slightly weird back in 1992 now feels timeless. Lindy

By: Helen Garner
Introduction by: Ramona Koval
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 214g
ISBN: 9781921922206
ISBN 10: 1921922206
Publication Date: 26 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Cosmo Cosmolino

'In person, as on the page, Garner does not dominate or take centre stage; she doesn’t boss or harass or hector. She is never still, never fixed, dealing in no absolutes except for the power of the eye to see, and the power of the pen to record. This restlessness, this energy, brings her hurtling off the page towards the reader.’ * Tegan Bennett Daylight, Sydney Review of Books *

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