The Performance: A Novel

Synopsis

'A potent meditation on the intensity of women's lives'Charlotte Wood, author of The Weekend'Thomas writes these women with such wisdom and compassion, that by the end we are all transformed'Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange'An intimate, intensely brooding novel: at once claustrophobic and yet revelatory. Thomas gently questions the certainties of modern life that so many of us take for granted'Guinevere Glasfurd, author of The Year Without Summer 'Read it as soon as you possibly can'Emily Bitto, author of The Strays The false cold of the theatre makes it hard to imagine the heavy wind outside in the real world, the ash air pressing onto the city from the nearby hills where bushfires are taking hold.The house lights lower.The auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.As bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play.Margot is a successful professor, preoccupied by her fraught relationship with her ailing husband. Ivy is a philanthropist with a troubled past, distracted by the snoring man beside her. Summer is a young theatre usher, anxious about the safety of her girlfriend in the fire zone.As the performance unfolds, so does each woman's story. By the time the curtain falls, they will all have a new understanding of the world beyond the stage.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

304 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781474617017

Related ISBNs:

9781474616980

Publisher:

Orion

Date of Addition:

02/28/21

Copyrighted By:

Claire Thomas

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Science, Travel, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Parenting and Family, Australiana, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts, Earth Sciences

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