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Athena and Dexter Fox lead a contended family life. Dexter is gregarious and opinionated. Athena runs an ordered household. They live in Bunker Street with their sons, Arthur and Billy. Billy's autism is a focus for their attention and efforts, yet life is fairly peaceful.
But the arrival of Dexter's old friend Elizabeth, with her three charismatic companions, reveals the existence of a different world. One in which contingency and choice play a far greater role. The collision between these worlds will test everything that has held the Fox family together.
In this powerful story, painted on a small canvas and with a subtle musical backdrop, Helen Garner acknowledges the magnitude of everyday decisions and their consequences.
The Children's Bach is Garner's second novel. It won the SA Premier's Literary Award. First published in 1984, to critical acclaim, it has never before been available in the United States.
Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays, and non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature. In 2016 she won a prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize for her non-fiction. Her book of essays, Everywhere I Look, won the 2017 Indie Book Award.
Ben Lerner is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and is currently a MacArthur Fellow.
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexters university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984. The Childrens Bach is a jewel, in Ben Lerners description, beautiful, lapidary, rare.Helen Garner is one of Australias finest authors. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious WindhamCampbell Prize for non-fiction. Her novels include Monkey Grip, The Childrens Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Spare Room.There was a piano in the kitchen and during the day Athena would shut herself in there under the portrait of Dexters father and pick away at Bartoks Mikrokosmos or the easiest of Bachs Small Preludes. Preludes to what? Even under her ignorant fingers those simple chords rang out like a shout of triumph, and she would run to stick her hot face out of the window. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authorsnow in an elegant hardback edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773040
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexters university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984. The Childrens Bach is a jewel, in Ben Lerners description, beautiful, lapidary, rare.Helen Garner is one of Australias finest authors. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious WindhamCampbell Prize for non-fiction. Her novels include Monkey Grip, The Childrens Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Spare Room.There was a piano in the kitchen and during the day Athena would shut herself in there under the portrait of Dexters father and pick away at Bartoks Mikrokosmos or the easiest of Bachs Small Preludes. Preludes to what? Even under her ignorant fingers those simple chords rang out like a shout of triumph, and she would run to stick her hot face out of the window. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authorsnow in an elegant hardback edition. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773040
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexters university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984. The Childrens Bach is a jewel, in Ben Lerners description, beautiful, lapidary, rare.Helen Garner is one of Australias finest authors. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious WindhamCampbell Prize for non-fiction. Her novels include Monkey Grip, The Childrens Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Spare Room.There was a piano in the kitchen and during the day Athena would shut herself in there under the portrait of Dexters father and pick away at Bartoks Mikrokosmos or the easiest of Bachs Small Preludes. Preludes to what? Even under her ignorant fingers those simple chords rang out like a shout of triumph, and she would run to stick her hot face out of the window. A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authorsnow in an elegant hardback edition. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773040
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