{"product_id":"9781925818062","title":"A Novel Idea","description":"Author: Fiona McGregor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925818062\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Novel Idea\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/i\u003eis a memoir in photoessay form that follows Fiona McGregor's life as shewrites her award-winning novel\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;Indelible Ink\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a tongue-in-cheekrumination on the monotony and loneliness of the novelist's daily life, and theact of endurance the writer must perform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an extendedsequence of photographs taken on a hand-me-down camera, accompanied by terse,evocative captions, the book spans several years\u0026amp;nbsp;of labour andprocrastination, elation and despair.\u0026amp;nbsp;The details of the outside worldintrude as McGregor works on the novel alone in her Bondi flat, with nothingbut a desk, a pin-board, a laptop and a cat, and in studio spaces in Berlin and Estonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcGregor's voice iswry, vulnerable, at times caustic, capturing the colloquial qualities of herfiction and the durational nature of her performance art via the ephemeral andessential thoughts that take up an author's days, weeks, and years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eA Novel Idea\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/i\u003eis a curiosity and a delight. Composed over years, Fiona McGregor's intimate photo-essay charts writing a novel: that collision of exhilaration, tedium, despair and sheer slog. It will captivate writers and readers alike.' - Michelle de Kretser\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fiona McGregor casts out any pretence to literary mystique in a deadpan, ruthlessly honest, witty and at times surprisingly moving first person photographic narrative that draws us in, disarms us, leaves us vulnerable to the sudden poignancy of certain observations and revelations.' - Blair French\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867093618846,"sku":"ADS-9781925818062","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925818062.jpg?v=1779429740","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925818062","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}