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'What happens when one partner in a relationship wants to have a child and the other doesn't? Lindsay Eynon, a philosophy lecturer, isn't ready to start a family yet; he has other plans. But Kirsten's biological clock is ticking and she sees the world differently. As their arguments intensify, so does the probability of the unexpected...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 98 2004; (p. 67-69)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Stunt Flying
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 16 no. 1 2004;
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Choice in the Modern Marriage
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 August 2004; (p. 7)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Home and Prose
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 122 no. 6422 2004; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel ; Names for Nothingness 2004 single work novel ; The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel ; Bright Planet 2004 single work novel ; Home 2004 single work novel ; Vernon God Little 2003 single work novel ; The White Earth 2004 single work novel ; The Last Ride 2004 single work novel
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Power Switches off a Family Track
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 March 2004; (p. 2a)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Of Head and Heart
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 March 2004; (p. 11)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
A Marriage Against the Ticking Clock
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 March 2004; (p. 11)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Fertile Mind
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 31 March - 6 April no. 484 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
No Place for a Pet
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 April 2004; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel -
Writer's Writer
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 March 2004; (p. 12-13) -
Sixpence for Starters
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2004; (p. 3) -
The Acute Amanda Lohrey
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 3) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2006 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2005 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- ca. 2000
