Limen
Published on 1. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-1-74219-860-6 (ISBN)
Description
When two women and a dog set off on a holiday they have no inkling of what's to come. They wake to find the river has crept up silently during the night. Trapped by floodwater, they devise escape routes only to be faced with more obstacles at every turn. Only the dog remains calm. This novella grips you with its language, its pace, its anxieties.
Reviews / Votes
"If you are uncertain about novels in verse, this would be a great one to try. The story is easy to follow; the language spare and beautiful, but accessible... Limen is a beautiful read... The text is supported by simple, stylish, irregularly interspersed, black and white illustrations -- a lizard, tire tracks, patterns in the mud." -- Whispering Gum book blog "I feel a little voyeuristic reading this novella, as if I have been let in, a little, to a world of women where I have never been." -- Patrick McCauley Lovely review of Susan Hawthorne's Limen in Rochford Street ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
25 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74219-860-6 (9781742198606)
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Persons
Susan Hawthorne is a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer with ten authored books and ten anthologies. She is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University, Townsville and also a publisher. She grew up in the Riverina and indulges her love of the country by 'going bush' regularly. She is passionate about ecology, concerned about climate change and has a great love for animals.
Awards history:
Susan Hawthorne's poetry and fiction have been shortlisted for prizes in Australia and internationally. Her book Cow was Shortlisted for the 2012 Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize in the NSW Premier's Awards and a Finalist in the 2012 Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Award (USA), while Earth's Breath was a 2010 Shortlisting in the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Her novel, The Falling Woman was listed as on the Year's Best Books in The Australian and a Top Twenty Title in The Listener Women's Book Festival (NZ). Of her non-fiction titles, Wild Politics was an Australian Book Review Year's Best Book and The Spinifex Quiz Book was Shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Educational Publishing.
Awards history:
Susan Hawthorne's poetry and fiction have been shortlisted for prizes in Australia and internationally. Her book Cow was Shortlisted for the 2012 Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize in the NSW Premier's Awards and a Finalist in the 2012 Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Award (USA), while Earth's Breath was a 2010 Shortlisting in the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Her novel, The Falling Woman was listed as on the Year's Best Books in The Australian and a Top Twenty Title in The Listener Women's Book Festival (NZ). Of her non-fiction titles, Wild Politics was an Australian Book Review Year's Best Book and The Spinifex Quiz Book was Shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Educational Publishing.