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Elizabeth Harrower The Watch Tower (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Watch Tower
- Publication Name
- The Watch Tower
- Title
- The Watch Tower
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1921922427
- EAN
- 9781921922428
- ISBN
- 9781921922428
- Publisher
- Text Publishing Company
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 26/04/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- AU
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 7.8in
- Item Weight
- 9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Topic
- Psychological, General, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages, 338 Pages
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The Watch Tower is a novel of relentless and acute psychological power, from one of Australia's greatest writers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Text Publishing Company
ISBN-10
1921922427
ISBN-13
9781921922428
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159819903
Product Key Features
Book Title
Watch Tower
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, General, Literary
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages, 338 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9619.3
Reviews
' The Watch Tower is an enthralling, captivating story about psychological entrapment and the struggle to escape it.', 'I couldn't put down The Watch Tower , Elizabeth Harrower's dark fairytale of psychological cruelty and co-dependence set in suburban Sydney. Although published originally in 1966 (and reprinted this year by Text Classics), it still has the power to shock. Harrower's insight into the nuances of a pathological personality is forensic, and surely one of the most acute in our literature since Henry Handel Richardson's The Fortunes of Richard Mahony . At the same time, because of its complicated tone, her book retains a kind of mythic power.', 'I read this book twice. Once for sheer pleasure if pleasure can be the correct term for an experience that is so distressing and once for the purposes of this review…It left me with the strongest sense I have had for a very long time of the infinite preciousness of consciousness, at whatever cost, and of our terrifying human vulnerability.', 'This is a harrowing novel, relentless in its depiction of marital enslavement, spiritual self-destruction and the exploited condition of women in a masculinist society...It is a brilliant achievement.', 'Elizabeth Harrower's The Watch Tower truly feels like a neglected classic…I think it's one of the most moving books I've read in a very long time.', 'This is a harrowing novel, relentless in its depiction of marital enslavement, spiritual self-destruction and the exploited condition of women in a masculinist society...It is a brilliant achievement.' Washington Post '[A] fantastically incisive portrait of domestic cruelty...For all the psychological torment Harrower subjects her protagonists to, Clare's defiance brings a delectably feminist streak to The Watch Tower. ' Daily Beast 'Harrower crafts a gripping, psychologically astute tale...A classic, indeed.' Shelf Unbound ' The Watch Tower is an enthralling, captivating story about psychological entrapment and the struggle to escape it.' Shelf Awareness 'Haunting...Harrower captures brilliantly the struggle to retain a self.' Guardian UK 'Haunting and delicate.' Kirkus Reviews 'Harrower can pierce your heart.... a mesmerising novel.' Washington Post 'To create a monster as continually credible, comic and nauseating as Felix is a feat of a very high order. But to control that creation, as Miss Harrower does, so that Clare remains the centre of interest is an achievement even more rare. The Watch Tower is a triumph of art over virtuosity.... a dense, profoundly moral novel of our time.' H.G. Kippax, Sydney Morning Herald , 19 November 1966 'Elizabeth Harrower's thrilling 1966 novel The Watch Tower comes rampaging back from decades of disgraceful neglect: a wartime Sydney story of two abandoned sisters and the arrival in their lives of Felix, one of literature's most ferociously realised nasty pieces of work.' Helen Garner, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 'Elizabeth Harrower's The Watch Tower truly feels like a neglected classic...I think it's one of the most moving books I've read in a very long time.' Mariella Frostrup 'I read this book twice. Once for sheer pleasure - if pleasure can be the correct term for an experience that is so distressing - and once for the purposes of this review...It left me with the strongest sense I have had for a very long time of the infinite preciousness of consciousness, at whatever cost, and of our terrifying human vulnerability.' Salley Vickers, Sydney Morning Herald 'I couldn't put down The Watch Tower, Elizabeth Harrower's dark fairytale of psychological cruelty and co-dependence set in suburban Sydney. Although published originally in 1966 (and reprinted this year by Text Classics), it still has the power to shock. Harrower's insight into the nuances of a pathological personality is forensic, and surely one of the most acute in our literature since Henry Handel Richardson's The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. At the same time, because of its complicated tone, her book retains a kind of mythic power.' Delia Falconer, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 'A superb psychological novel that will creep into your bones.' Michelle de Kretser, The Monthly 'I read The Watch Tower with a mixture of fascination and horror. It was impossible to put down. I then read all Harrower's novels: The Long Prospect (a prescient study of a relationship between a man and a clever but unrecognised young girl), Down in the City and The Catherine Wheel. Her acute psychological assessments are made from gestures, language and glances and she is brilliant on power, isolation and class.' Ramona Koval, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012, 'Elizabeth Harrower's thrilling 1966 novel The Watch Tower comes rampaging back from decades of disgraceful neglect: a wartime Sydney story of two abandoned sisters and the arrival in their lives of Felix, one of literature's most ferociously realised nasty pieces of work.', #145;This is a harrowing novel, relentless in its depiction of marital enslavement, spiritual self-destruction and the exploited condition of women in a masculinist society…It is a brilliant achievement.' Washington Post #145;[A] fantastically incisive portrait of domestic cruelty…For all the psychological torment Harrower subjects her protagonists to, Clare's defiance brings a delectably feminist streak to The Watch Tower. ' Daily Beast #145;Harrower crafts a gripping, psychologically astute tale…A classic, indeed.' Shelf Unbound #145; The Watch Tower is an enthralling, captivating story about psychological entrapment and the struggle to escape it.' Shelf Awareness #145;Haunting…Harrower captures brilliantly the struggle to retain a self.' Guardian UK #145;Haunting and delicate.' Kirkus Reviews 'Harrower can pierce your heart.... a mesmerising novel.' Washington Post #145;To create a monster as continually credible, comic and nauseating as Felix is a feat of a very high order. But to control that creation, as Miss Harrower does, so that Clare remains the centre of interest is an achievement even more rare. The Watch Tower is a triumph of art over virtuosity.… a dense, profoundly moral novel of our time.' H.G. Kippax, Sydney Morning Herald , 19 November 1966 #145;Elizabeth Harrower's thrilling 1966 novel The Watch Tower comes rampaging back from decades of disgraceful neglect: a wartime Sydney story of two abandoned sisters and the arrival in their lives of Felix, one of literature's most ferociously realised nasty pieces of work.' Helen Garner, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 #145;Elizabeth Harrower's The Watch Tower truly feels like a neglected classic…I think it's one of the most moving books I've read in a very long time.' Mariella Frostrup #145;I read this book twice. Once for sheer pleasure -- if pleasure can be the correct term for an experience that is so distressing -- and once for the purposes of this review…It left me with the strongest sense I have had for a very long time of the infinite preciousness of consciousness, at whatever cost, and of our terrifying human vulnerability.' Salley Vickers, Sydney Morning Herald #145;I couldn't put down The Watch Tower, Elizabeth Harrower's dark fairytale of psychological cruelty and co-dependence set in suburban Sydney. Although published originally in 1966 (and reprinted this year by Text Classics), it still has the power to shock. Harrower's insight into the nuances of a pathological personality is forensic, and surely one of the most acute in our literature since Henry Handel Richardson's The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. At the same time, because of its complicated tone, her book retains a kind of mythic power.' Delia Falconer, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 #145;A superb psychological novel that will creep into your bones.' Michelle de Kretser, The Monthly #145;I read The Watch Tower with a mixture of fascination and horror. It was impossible to put down. I then read all Harrower's novels: The Long Prospect (a prescient study of a relationship between a man and a clever but unrecognised young girl), Down in the City and The Catherine Wheel. Her acute psychological assessments are made from gestures, language and glances and she is brilliant on power, isolation and class.' Ramona Koval, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012, '[A] fantastically incisive portrait of domestic cruelty…For all the psychological torment Harrower subjects her protagonists to, Clare's defiance brings a delectably feminist streak to The Watch Tower .', #145;This is a harrowing novel, relentless in its depiction of marital enslavement, spiritual self-destruction and the exploited condition of women in a masculinist society…It is a brilliant achievement.' Washington Post #145;[A] fantastically incisive portrait of domestic cruelty…For all the psychological torment Harrower subjects her protagonists to, Clare's defiance brings a delectably feminist streak to The Watch Tower. '' Daily Beast #145;Harrower crafts a gripping, psychologically astute tale…A classic, indeed.' Shelf Unbound #145; The Watch Tower is an enthralling, captivating story about psychological entrapment and the struggle to escape it.' Shelf Awareness ''Like lightning, Harrower''s prose illuminates dark corners. She captures two seemingly contradictory movements: living in the jolt of adrenalin as one waits for the next car crash or door slam; and the slow, inexorable numbing of the heart as one retreats from the pain of human relationships.'' The Chuckanut Reader #145;Haunting…Harrower captures brilliantly the struggle to retain a self.' Guardian UK #145;Haunting and delicate.' Kirkus Reviews ''Harrower can pierce your heart.... a mesmerising novel.'' Washington Post #145;To create a monster as continually credible, comic and nauseating as Felix is a feat of a very high order. But to control that creation, as Miss Harrower does, so that Clare remains the centre of interest is an achievement even more rare. The Watch Tower is a triumph of art over virtuosity.… a dense, profoundly moral novel of our time.' H.G. Kippax, Sydney Morning Herald , 19 November 1966 #145;Elizabeth Harrower's thrilling 1966 novel The Watch Tower comes rampaging back from decades of disgraceful neglect: a wartime Sydney story of two abandoned sisters and the arrival in their lives of Felix, one of literature's most ferociously realised nasty pieces of work.' Helen Garner, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 #145;Elizabeth Harrower's The Watch Tower truly feels like a neglected classic…I think it's one of the most moving books I've read in a very long time.' Mariella Frostrup #145;I read this book twice. Once for sheer pleasure -- if pleasure can be the correct term for an experience that is so distressing -- and once for the purposes of this review…It left me with the strongest sense I have had for a very long time of the infinite preciousness of consciousness, at whatever cost, and of our terrifying human vulnerability.' Salley Vickers, Sydney Morning Herald #145;I couldn't put down The Watch Tower, Elizabeth Harrower's dark fairytale of psychological cruelty and co-dependence set in suburban Sydney. Although published originally in 1966 (and reprinted this year by Text Classics), it still has the power to shock. Harrower's insight into the nuances of a pathological personality is forensic, and surely one of the most acute in our literature since Henry Handel Richardson's The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. At the same time, because of its complicated tone, her book retains a kind of mythic power.' Delia Falconer, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012 #145;A superb psychological novel that will creep into your bones.' Michelle de Kretser, The Monthly #145;I read The Watch Tower with a mixture of fascination and horror. It was impossible to put down. I then read all Harrower's novels: The Long Prospect (a prescient study of a relationship between a man and a clever but unrecognised young girl), Down in the City and The Catherine Wheel. Her acute psychological assessments are made from gestures, language and glances and she is brilliant on power, isolation and class.' Ramona Koval, The Australian Books of the Year, 2012, 'I read The Watch Tower with a mixture of fascination and horror. It was impossible to put down. I then read all Harrower's novels: The Long Prospect (a prescient study of a relationship between a man and a clever but unrecognised young girl), Down in the City and The Catherine Wheel . Her acute psychological assessments are made from gestures, language and glances and she is brilliant on power, isolation and class.', '[A] fantastically incisive portrait of domestic cruelty...For all the psychological torment Harrower subjects her protagonists to, Clare's defiance brings a delectably feminist streak to The Watch Tower .', 'To create a monster as continually credible, comic and nauseating as Felix is a feat of a very high order. But to control that creation, as Miss Harrower does, so that Clare remains the centre of interest is an achievement even more rare. The Watch Tower is a triumph of art over virtuosity.… a dense, profoundly moral novel of our time.'
Copyright Date
2013
Dewey Decimal
823.914
Intended Audience
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Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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