The Feel of Steel
Book by Helen Garner
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The Feel of Steel is a 2001 collection of short non-fiction works by Australian writer Helen Garner.[1][2] The 31 works in the collection include long narratives and very short pieces were described by reviewer Evelyn Juers as "delicate haiku-like sketches with a faint stitch of narrative".[3] It has been described as "a collection of pieces reflecting on her life and that of her loved ones."[4] In an interview in 2000 in The Guardian, Garner identified Leslie Fadgyas as the fencing teacher who had taught her both as a schoolgirl and as an adult.[5]
References
- ^ Michel Faber (12 July 2008). "The cabbage juice cure - Review: The Spare Room by Helen Garner". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Ley, James. "Sydney Review of Books - Gut instinct: This House of Grief by Helen Garner". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Evelyn Juers (October 2001). "Evelyn Juers Reviews The Feel of Steel by Helen Garner". Australian Book Review. 243. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "First Person - The Feel of Steel". First Person (radio program). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Helen Garner (4 December 2000). "Gender - The Feel of Steel". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
External links
- The Feel of Steel at the AustLit website
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Works by Helen Garner
- Monkey Grip (1977)
- The Children's Bach (1984)
- Cosmo Cosmolino (1992)
- The Spare Room (2008)
- Honour & Other People's Children (1980)
- Postcards from Surfers (1985)
- My Hard Heart: Selected Fictions (1988)
- Monkey Grip (1982)
- Two Friends (1986)
- The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
- The First Stone (1995)
- True Stories (1996)
- The Feel of Steel (2001)
- Joe Cinque's Consolation (2004)
- This House of Grief (2014)
- Everywhere I Look (2016)
