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| Author | Helen Garner |
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| Publisher | Picador Australia |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| ISBN | 0 330 36289 5 |
| Dewey Decimal | A828.309 |
The Feel of Steel is a 2001 collection of short non-fiction works by Australian writer Helen Garner. 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". It has been described as "a collection of pieces reflecting on her life and that of her loved ones." 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.
References
- Michel Faber (12 July 2008). "The cabbage juice cure - Review: The Spare Room by Helen Garner". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- Ley, James. "Sydney Review of Books - Gut instinct: This House of Grief by Helen Garner". Sydney Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. 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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