The Home Girls

Name: The Home Girls
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ISBN: 9781922079466

Olga Masters, Geordie Williamson [intro]

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Text Publishing Company
26 September 2012

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

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Olga Masters wrote and published towards the end of her life, and in those six or so years she produced fiction that should stand high in our literary consciousness - but as often happens, she is not remembered as she should be. Thankfully Text have republished her first collection of stories in their wonderful Text Classics series. Her short stories are masterful distillations of the human condition, written in an immediately recognisable style. Masters had a way with punctuation that can convey both just as much as needed, and much more than expected. Her subjects are domestic and universal, and one of her talents is the way she can let the reader know that behind a character's small and inarticulate action is a lifetime of experience, hurt, frustration or puzzlement. If you haven't read Masters before, this is a fine introduction; and if you have, this is a reminder of what a great writer could do a choice handful of words. Lindy

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The Home Girls is a collection of candid, witty stories about rural and suburban life. Set in the mid-twentieth century, these are tales of ordinary people and domestic life. Masters was, as the Advertiser remarked, 'a natural storyteller'. Between the publication of The Home Girls, in 1982, and her death, Olga Masters was acclaimed as one of Australia's finest writers. Her short stories, distinguished by their acute observation of human behaviour, drew comparison with the finest exponents of the form, such as Chekhov.

By: Olga Masters
Introduction by: Geordie Williamson [intro]
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781922079466
ISBN 10: 1922079464
Publication Date: 26 September 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Home Girls

She can be both tender and funny, and always there is absolute authenticity of detail, a strong sense of time and place, an effortless depiction of personality.' - Judges' Report, NBC Awards