Joan Lindsay (1896–1984)
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- Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady
- Geburtstag
- 1896-11-16
- Todestag
- 1984-12-23
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Australia
- Geburtsort
- St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
- Sterbeort
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Todesursache
- cancer
- Wohnorte
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Ausbildung
- National Gallery School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clyde Girls Grammar School, East St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia - Berufe
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- Boyd, Martin (cousin)
Lindsay, Daryl (husband)
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This is one of those books that leaves you wondering why you read it, and how can you get that time back again.
Breathtaking, cruel, weird. Unhinged omniscient narrator.
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Three South Australian private school girls and their math teacher disappear on a special outing to Hanging Rock in February of 1900. I have never been to Australia, but Lindsay manages to evoke a great feeling of geographical isolation in the bush, as well as helplessness in a world before mobile phones and search and rescue helicopters.
I was startled to find that the main crisis of the story - the disappearances - happened so early in the novel and genuinely wondered how Lindsay was going to keep me interested for the rest of the book. I needn't have worried. Lindsay's striking characterizations, particularly of the headmistress, and her gift for atmosphere kept me hanging on until the last page.
This is a book I recommend most highly. It is unusual, creepy, and extremely well written, and will stay with you long after you put the book down.… (mehr)