Reading Madame Bovary
2010
First Published
3.75
Average Rating
317
Number of Pages
From one of Australia's leading short-fiction writers comes a thrilling collection of stories that deal with transition and transformation. A woman finds her everyday world engulfed by vivid fantasies, a businessman finds a new way to deal with his rage, a couple contemplate the best way to educate their children, a young woman finds herself on a boat with a bunch of delinquent schoolkids, a diary is discovered, a commune goes wrong. In these riveting stories, characters deal with crises of body and sprit. They find themselves caught between order and chaos, and must face the need to change or be trapped. Shot through with a serene intelligence and a keen eye for character, these tales enlighten and entertain in equal measure.
Avg Rating
3.75
Number of Ratings
60
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
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Author
Amanda Lohrey
Author · 12 books
Amanda Lohrey is a novelist and essayist. She was educated at the University of Tasmania and Cambridge. She lectured in Writing and Textual Studies at the Sydney University of Technology (1988-1994), and since 2002 at the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
