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Experience a profound literary journey with this brand new release chronicling the extraordinary correspondence between Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower. Over a span of four decades, these two influential writers exchanged letters and telegrams, shedding light on their personal lives, literary passions, and the world around them. Set against a backdrop of changing politics and their rich creative endeavors, this book offers readers an intimate glimpse into their relationship and the profound impact they had on each other's lives. Published by NewSouth Publishing in 2024, this captivating account is edited by Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard's biographer, and Susan Wyndham. Discover the complexities of artistry, friendship, and the responsibility of care interwoven in their words, making it an essential addition to any literature enthusiast's collection. Praise for the book underscores its beauty and depth, with accolades noting it as both compelling and a literary pleasure. Don't miss the chance to delve into this exquisite compilation, an invitation to revisit the conversations of two great writers. Note that shipping for this item is free, but please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781742238180
Year: 2024
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Description:
Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972, six years after they began a correspondence that would span four decades. They exchanged letters, cards and telegrams, and made occasional phone calls between Harrower's home in Sydney and Hazzard's apartments in New York, Naples and Capri. The two women wrote to each other of their daily lives, of impediments to writing, their reading, politics and world affairs, and in Hazzard's case, her travels. And they wrote about Hazzard's mother, for whose care Harrower took increasing - and increasingly reluctant - responsibility from the early 1970s (precisely the period when she herself virtually stopped writing).
Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard's official biographer, and Susan Wyndham, who interviewed both Hazzard and Harrower, this is an extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and their times.
'Hazzard and Harrower is a book to keep close and return to often.' - Michelle de Kretser
'Vital, compelling, terrifying, revelatory - and a literary pleasure in its own right.' - Anna Funder
'Beautiful, wise and unflinching. Will we ever have a chance like this again to eavesdrop on two great writers as they talk books, people and the world for forty years?' - David Marr
'An engrossing portrayal of forty years of complicated friendship between two writers, only one of whom has the steel - or is it the ruthlessness? - to put her art before everything else.' - Charlotte Wood
'I read these letters with mounting excitement. There is a r
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781742238180
Year: 2024
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Description:
Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972, six years after they began a correspondence that would span four decades. They exchanged letters, cards and telegrams, and made occasional phone calls between Harrower's home in Sydney and Hazzard's apartments in New York, Naples and Capri. The two women wrote to each other of their daily lives, of impediments to writing, their reading, politics and world affairs, and in Hazzard's case, her travels. And they wrote about Hazzard's mother, for whose care Harrower took increasing - and increasingly reluctant - responsibility from the early 1970s (precisely the period when she herself virtually stopped writing).
Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard's official biographer, and Susan Wyndham, who interviewed both Hazzard and Harrower, this is an extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and their times.
'Hazzard and Harrower is a book to keep close and return to often.' - Michelle de Kretser
'Vital, compelling, terrifying, revelatory - and a literary pleasure in its own right.' - Anna Funder
'Beautiful, wise and unflinching. Will we ever have a chance like this again to eavesdrop on two great writers as they talk books, people and the world for forty years?' - David Marr
'An engrossing portrayal of forty years of complicated friendship between two writers, only one of whom has the steel - or is it the ruthlessness? - to put her art before everything else.' - Charlotte Wood
'I read these letters with mounting excitement. There is a r