· Drusilla Modjeska. ‘In The Orchard [Modjeska] further develops her distinctive style, weaving fact with fiction, the essay with a flowing fictional narrative, and stories within stories. Modjeska is accessible and entertaining, a good story-teller. Love, adultery, marriage, and domination; sight, the fear of blindness, solitude and self-knowledge; childhood, education and the plight of the . How does a woman find the shape of her own life? How does she come into a maturity that is truly her own? Taking the essay as a porous, conversational, sometimes moody creature and combining it with fiction, The Orchard continues Drusilla Modjeskas inquiry into the histories of women overshadowed by the stories of men. The orchard by Drusilla Modjeska. Pan Macmillan Australia. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library.
The Orchard, by Drusilla Modjeska () 12 June 24 August John Hull. John Hull, an Australian theologian living in England, went blind in his forties. Black, black blind from detached retinas. His book describing the profound disorientation of self in blindness was the first I took up on my return to reading. Buy The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions - starting at $ Shop now. How does a woman find the shape of her own life? How does she come into a maturity that is truly her own? Taking the essay as a porous, conversational, sometimes moody creature and combining it with fiction, The Orchard continues Drusilla Modjeskas inquiry into the histories of women overshadowed by the stories of men.
Drusilla Modjeska (born ) is a contemporary Australian writer and editor. Life. Modjeska was born in London The Orchard. (). The Orchard is about a series of issues that recur from place to place in the book: learning from one's past; how women can use their special qualities to advantage even when dominated by a man/men; how a particular event can signify many things when seen in idfferent contexts - the rape of Artemisia Gentileschi, the flowing of the winterbourne, the story of the orchard etc. The Orchard Drusilla Modjeska, Author Women's Press (UK) $20 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Stravinsky's Lunch; Buy this book.
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