{"product_id":"9780733648397","title":"The Performance","description":"Author: Claire Thomas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733648397\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2022 - HIGHLY COMMENDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 - HIGHLY COMMENDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e 'MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'In this novel, the project of living is rendered with compassionate clarity.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Thomas's imitation of wandering minds is flawless.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Claire Thomas has constructed, with graceful precision, a near-perfect wind-up music box of a novel.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eARTS HUB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe house lights lower.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargot 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'How each woman interacts with and is altered by the play enacts beautifully the dialectical relationship between art and life.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWEEKEND AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Written with passion, \u003ci\u003eThe Performance\u003c\/i\u003e is a brave book: unafraid of confronting the dissonances of living in a modern Australia.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CONVERSATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Witty, affecting, brilliantly wise and original.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Jones, author of A GUIDE TO BERLIN, THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS and OUR SHADOWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A potent meditation on the intensity of women's lives.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Wood, author of THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS and THE WEEKEND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Claire Thomas writes with a sure eye and knowing heart.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Birch, author of BLOOD, GHOST RIVER and THE WHITE GIRL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I read from start to finish almost without looking up.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Bowditch, author of YOUR OWN KIND OF GIRL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Read it as soon as you possibly can.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Bitto, author of THE STRAYS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A tour de force. I can't recommend this too highly.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Gale, author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER and TAKE NOTHING WITH YOU\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Quietly transformational'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Inventive and rule-breaking...deliciously clever and self-aware'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465987018910,"sku":"ADS-9780733648397","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780733648397.jpg?v=1770010957","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780733648397","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}