On Shirley Hazzard
of Michelle de Kretser
Series: Writers on Writers
Description
On Shirley Hazzard reveals Michelle de Kretserâs lively intelligence at work and her distinctive wit. This testament to her sustained engagement with Hazzardâs work is, at its core, an appreciation of the significance and joy of good fiction. Receptiveness when reading is a prerequisite for perceptive analysis, according to both de Kretser and Hazzard. And for prose, the âsimple and precise,â the âtransient and insignificantâ are key qualities: âNot moonlight but the glitter of broken glass,â for de Kretser as for Chekhov. Selective biographical details about Hazzard are relayed, tooâher leaving Australia and formal education at the age of sixteen, her working, unhappily, at the United Nations in Manhattan, her long friendship with Graham Greene. Hazzardâs morality is also invokedââsolidarity with the vulnerableâ and pacifism being of prime importance. Shirley Hazzard (1931â2016) published her first short story in The New Yorker in 1961. The magazine continued to publish her work in the decades thereafter, including excerpts from her most successful and beloved novel, the bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, The Transit of Venus (1980). Michelle de Kretserâs insightful and provocative appreciation does Hazzard fine justice.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 112 pages
- Publisher Catapult
- Publication Date March 10th 2020
- First Publication 11/01/19
- Language English
- ISBN 9781948226820
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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