The Commandant
$18.34
- Paperback
462 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2012
Summary
Introduced by Carmen Callil
He jumped down to the wharf and walked alone out of the torchlight to stand behind Letty. Frances looked from his face to her sister’s, and once again felt the weakening flush of fear. She was too much at the mercy of her company, and was about to discover which of her unpredictable selves would advance to meet these two strangers.
The penal colony of Moreton Bay is under the command of Patrick Logan, a man not afraid of brutal discipline. But his r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922138 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1921922133 |
| Author: | Jessica Anderson |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 462 |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 150mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘The happiness a consummate novelist bestows upon a reader—the feeling that under no circumstance can you bear not to know what happens next, nor can you bear to come to the end of the tale—this is Jessica Anderson’s great narrative gift. The Commandant was published in England in 1975 when its English publisher put a bodice-ripper jacket on it. Today it can be published in a different way, in a different country, and be seen for the masterpiece it is.’ * Carmen Callil *
Jessica Anderson
Jessica Anderson
Jessica Anderson has published six novels and a collection of short stories, and has also written a number of plays and adaptations for radio. Her novels have won numerous awards and sold well in America and England, as well as being translated into several European languages.
Born in Brisbane in 1916, and apart from a few years in Europe during her youth, she has spent most of her life in Sydney, where she still lives.
- Tirra Lirra by the River (1978) won The Miles Franklin Award.
- The Impersonators (1980) won The Miles Franklin and the NSW Premier’s Awards.
- Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories (1987) won the Age Book of the Year.
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