Blue Skies

Text Classics

By: Helen Hodgman

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Paperback | 29 May 2017 | Edition Number 1

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192 Pages

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On its initial release in 1976, Helen Hodgman's Blue Skies was met with critical acclaim. Blue Skies now takes its rightful place as a Text Classic, cementing Helen Hodgman's place in the Australian literary canon.

In Helen Hodgman's dazzlingly written debut a young woman is trapped in a small city on an island at the end of the world - by motherhood and an absent husband, by busybody in-laws and neighbours, by a drab society yet to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.

A darkly funny tale of a crack-up in stultifying suburbia, Blue Skies marked the emergence of a unique, acerbic voice in Australian fiction.

This edition includes an introduction by the acclaimed Tasmanian author Danielle Wood.

Industry Reviews

`Scarily unforgettable.' -- Peter Conrad
`Strange and memorable.' -- Eva Hornung
`The very essence of Tasmanian gothic.' -- Carmel Bird
`Singularly searing and merciless prose.' * Sunday Age *
`Sensuous...Prickly as a sea urchin.' -- Nicholas Shakespeare
`A convincing study of a woman slowly losing her mind.' * Sun Herald *
`Elegantly written, atmospheric.' -- Brenda Niall * Australian Book Review *
`Has a masterpiece's power to thrill and discomfort.' * Sunday Tasmanian *
`As fresh, punchy and relevant now as it was on its [first] release...A compelling vision.' * Australian *
`Stylistically assured...Daring and persuasive in its depiction of a controlled and vengeful anguish.' -- Peter Pierce * Sydney Morning Herald *

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