Reading Madame Bovary
 First edition | |
| Author | Amanda Lohrey |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | short story collection |
| Publisher | Black Inc |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 269 |
| ISBN | 9781863954907 |
| Preceded by | Vertigo |
| Followed by | A Short History of Richard Kline |
Reading Madame Bovary (2010) is a collection of short stories by Australian author Amanda Lohrey.[1] It won the Fiction Prize and Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in 2011.[2]
Contents[edit]
- "Primates"
- "Reading Madame Bovary"
- "Ground Zero"
- "Freedom, Order and the Golden Bead Material"
- "Perfect"
- "The Art of Convalesence"
- "The Existence of Other Men"
- "John Lennon's Gardener"
- "Letter to the Romans"
Reviews[edit]
Carol Middleton in Overland was impressed by the stories: "Lohrey has a remarkable ability to be lyrical and profound while keeping both feet in the here and now of Australian life. For a ‘literary’ writer, she is refreshingly comfortable with the mundane minutiae of modern life (to-do lists and washing up) and, from there, teases out the themes and issues that lie beneath the surface of contemporary consciousness."[3]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards – Best Fiction Book
- 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards – Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Reading Madam Bovary". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards". ANZ LitLovers. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey" by Carol Middleton Overland, 21 January 2011
See also[edit]
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