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Theory & Practice

By Michelle De Kretser

Theory & Practice

By Michelle De Kretser

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WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of the Year "Theory & Practice is a thrillingly original hybrid work that seeks truthful answers to the most difficult questions of the day—questions about the nature of love, art, and desire, about the thorny cultural legacy of colonialism and the unappeasable human yearning for connection." —Sigrid Nunez, author of The Vulnerables A new novel of startling intelligence from prizewinning Australian author Michelle de Kretser, following a writer looking back on her young adulthood and grappling with what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art It’s 1986, and “beautiful, radical ideas” are in the air. The narrator of Theory & Practice, a young woman originally from Sri Lanka, arrives in Melbourne for graduate school to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In the bohemian neighborhood of St. Kilda she meets artists, activists, students—and Kit. He claims to be in a “deconstructed relationship.” They become lovers, and the narrator’s feminism comes up against her jealousy. Meanwhile, an entry in Woolf’s diary upends what the narrator knows about her literary idol, and throws her own work into disarray. What happens when our desires run contrary to our beliefs? What should we do when the failings of revered figures come to light? Who is shamed when the truth is told? Michelle de Kretser’s new novel offers a spellbinding meditation on the moral complexities that arise in the gap between our values and our lives.
Product details
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2025-02-18
Publication Date:
2025-02-18
Publisher:
Catapult
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1646222873
ISBN13:
9781646222872
Weight:
300 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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