Miles Franklin Award Winner

A Woman of the Future

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By: David Ireland, Kate Jennings (Introduction by)

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Paperback | 21 November 2012 | Edition Number 1

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480 Pages

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Introduced by Favel Parrett
'Mother's stomach bellied out like a sail. Young, she was unable to say no to anyone who asked her to make love. Her reasons for her behaviour were all her own; never, after she'd had me did she allow another man to enter her; my birth was her real marriage. And when I was six, she shut herself away entirely.'
A Woman of the Future, first published in 1979, was David Ireland's best-selling sixth novel and his third to win the Miles Franklin Award.
An imaginative tour de force, it is the story of the young life of Anthea Hunt-from conception to sexual awakening. It is controversial and brilliant, and unlike anything else in Australian literature.
Now published as a Text Classic, it features a new introduction from Kate Jennings.
'Immense originality, wit and gritty wisdom...David Ireland has reached the top.' Patrick White
'Superlative powers of observation...a very rewarding read.' Manning Clark
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'A Woman of the Future is not just a novel, it is a phenomenon.' -- Douglas Stewart

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Miles Franklin Award Winner

A Woman of the Future

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