Talking into the Typewriter
Selected Letters (1973-1983)
- Paperback
411 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2018
Summary
‘I am not a born writer but … I get the profoundest, most passionate satisfaction from writing’ Christina SteadLetter writing was a vital part of Christina Stead’s creative life and it grew increasingly important in her last decade. It was how she engaged with the outside world and became the focus of her writing energies. Stead was a vivacious, funny, erudite, expansive and witty correspondent. It was a practice she enjoyed, answering all correspondence she received, including Elizabeth Harr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522862034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522862039 |
| Author: | Christina Stead |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 411 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 448g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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About The Author
Christina Stead
Christina Stead was born in Sydney in 1902, and died there in 1983. Most of her life was spent elsewhere: in London, Paris and other places in Europe, and in the United States. Her first book, The Salzburg Tales, was published in 1934, followed by twelve more works of fiction. In The Man Who Loved Children she drew on her own childhood in Sydney. She was the recipient of the inaugural Patrick White Literary Award in 1974.
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