EXILES AT HOME: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WRITERS 1925-1945 by Modjeska Drusilla - 1984

Sirius Books, Sydney, 1984. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 283 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner has blacked out their name. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The 1930s were a remarkable decade in Australian cultural history, when women were producing most of the published fiction. Their novels made dramatic use of womens experience, dealing frankly with the underside of marriage and the infidelities of men, the cross-currents of poverty and gender, illegal abortion, and the terrible cost of race relations on the frontier. By the standards of the day, novels such as Katherine Susannah… Read More