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The Falling WomanSUSAN HAWTHORNE 1992 Top Twenty Title, |
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A vivid desert odyssey; the falling woman travels through a haunting landscape of memory, myth and mental maps. Told in three voices – Stella, Estella and Estelle – this is an inspiring story drawn from childhood memories, imagined worlds and the pressing realities of daily life.
The Falling Woman charts one woman’s journey into the heartland. It is a journey taken across the desert, into the heart of memory, and into the mythic heart, that place to which we return in times of crisis.
‘A remarkable lyrical first novel …’ —Robin Morgan, Ms Magazine
‘This book commands endless reflection, since it opens up the ontological question of being. Hawthorne’s book haunts me, it won’t let go. On the one hand, it journeys through an unexplored territory of mind that few apart from Dostoyevski dared look into… Let me first say that this is a perfectly structured piece of writing. Its form should help unravel the threads of signification, but we are not dealing here with the explicit, let alone the assertive, or blatant. The only certainty Hawthorne has is that nature is her cradle.’ —Jasna Novakovic, Australian Women’s Book Review
‘… this imaginative, verbally ambitious account of the relationship between two women must command attention.’ —Dennis Davison, Best Books of the Year, The Australian
‘There can be no question about the imaginative reach and power of this novel.’ —John Hanrahan, The Age
‘This is a beautiful book, written with powerful insight and captivating originality.’ —Julia Hancock, LOTL
‘It’s the extraordinary breadth and depth of ideas that Hawthorne asks her readers to engage with her in The Falling Woman that, in many ways, makes this quite a remarkable novel. We begin to build a picture of a great alternative thinker.'–Diane Brown, JAS Review
AUSTRALIAN BEST BOOK 1992
Susan Hawthorne is also the
author of Wild Politics
author of The Falling Woman
author of The Spinifex Quiz Book
co-editor and contributor of Angels of Power with Renate Klein
co-editor and contributor of Australia for Women with Renate Klein
co-editor and contributor of Cat Tales with Jan Fook and Renate Klein
co-editor and contributor of Moments of Desire
co-editor and contributor of Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love with Cathie Dunsford and Susan Sayer
co-editor and contributor of September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives with Bronwyn Winter
co-editor and contributor to CyberFeminism
contributor to There is an Alternative
contributor to Radically Speaking
Online poetry by Susan Hawthorne:
The Animist - Poems from Bird
Cyberpoetry - Unstopped Mouths
Territory:World
All rights:Spinifex Press 
