Over the years I have written posts about and reviews of books with strong socioeconomic underpinnings. In the nineteenth century these novels tended to be described as Social Novels (and I am have just an English one for reading group, review coming) or were seen under the banner of the Realist movement. In the early … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Precarity and Late Capitalism
Social problem novels
Paddy O’Reilly, Other houses (#BookReview)
It's not totally coincidental that this week's Monday Musings post was about a publisher of realist or social novels, that is, of novels which aim to explore social problems of their time. My reading group's March book, Paddy O'Reilly's Other houses, belongs to this tradition. I have been wanting to read it since it was … Continue reading Paddy O’Reilly, Other houses (#BookReview)
Jane Caro, The mother (#BookReview)
When my reading group scheduled Jane Caro's debut novel, The mother, I was, I admit, not exactly enthusiastic, because my sense was that it was not going to be the sort of, shall I say, subtle writing I prefer. My sense was right, but I am not sorry I read it - partly because of … Continue reading Jane Caro, The mother (#BookReview)
Whispering Gums 