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The Performance
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A fantastic novel, I really loved this book. It’s a story about 3 women, set in Melbourne during a recent summer of extreme heat and bushfires encroaching on the city. They are attending a play, and we learn about their lives as we follow their thoughts. The play is real, a Samuel Beckett one, about a woman trapped in life, destined to repeat mundane things. There’s a lot in the play that resonates in various ways with the women. The women are very interesting in their backgrounds, present circumstances and hopes for the future.
I think the strength of this novel lies in the writing. It’s crystal clear, has an excellent pace, reveals a lot yet suggests much more. Great work by the author.
I think the strength of this novel lies in the writing. It’s crystal clear, has an excellent pace, reveals a lot yet suggests much more. Great work by the author.
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I am loving the sound of this story! Clever, and a clever title too. Bravo eh?
I think I must have been, possibly still am, living under a rock because after checking out Claire Thomas and The Performance on Google I realised I have really missed something...like this:
The breakout literary sensation of 2021, THE PERFORMANCE is a tightly woven examination of women's inner lives that is enthralling, profound and deeply human.
A SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021'
Thanks for waking me up sister!