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Details of Works Taught
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
y
The Strays
Melbourne
:
Affirm Press
,
2014
6974116
2014
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'On her first day of school, Lily Struthers meets Eva, one of the daughters of the infamous avant-garde artist Evan Trentham. He and his wife are attempting to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work with them at their family home. As Lily’s friendship with Eva grows, she becomes infatuated with this artist colony, longing to truly belong to this makeshift family. 'Looking back on those years later in life, Lily realises that this utopian circle involved the same themes as Evan Trentham’s art: Faustian bargains and terrible recompense; spectacular fortunes and falls from grace. Yet it was not Evan, nor the other artists he gathered around him, but his own daughters, who paid the debt that was owing. 'The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting new talent.' Source: Publisher's blurb. (Sighted: 30/1/2014) |
Advanced Studies in English and Writing | University of Newcastle | 2015 (Semester 2) |
|
y
The Strays
Melbourne
:
Affirm Press
,
2014
6974116
2014
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'On her first day of school, Lily Struthers meets Eva, one of the daughters of the infamous avant-garde artist Evan Trentham. He and his wife are attempting to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work with them at their family home. As Lily’s friendship with Eva grows, she becomes infatuated with this artist colony, longing to truly belong to this makeshift family. 'Looking back on those years later in life, Lily realises that this utopian circle involved the same themes as Evan Trentham’s art: Faustian bargains and terrible recompense; spectacular fortunes and falls from grace. Yet it was not Evan, nor the other artists he gathered around him, but his own daughters, who paid the debt that was owing. 'The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting new talent.' Source: Publisher's blurb. (Sighted: 30/1/2014) |
Advanced Studies in English and Writing | University of Newcastle | 2016 (Semester 2) |
