A Woman of the Future
| Author | David Ireland |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Penguin, Australia |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 351 |
| ISBN | 0-14-005657-2 |
| OCLC | 9395876 |
A Woman of the Future is a Miles Franklin Award and Age Book of the Year winning novel by Australian author David Ireland. As a result of this novel Ireland was "being hailed as the successor to Patrick White and the antipodean rival of the great American satirist Kurt Vonnegut".[1]
On the announcement of the Miles Franklin Award win, The Canberra Times stated: " A Woman of the Future was rejected by Macmillans at first because it was too long and too complex or, as Mr Ireland put it yesterday, 'too incomprehensible' ".[2] Following this, one of award judges, Emeritus Professor Colin Roderick, described the book as "literary sewage",[3] and stated it was "a dreadful, sex-ridden fantasy, doomed to oblivion."[3]
Originally published in 1979 it was re-issued in 2012 as part of the Text Publishing Text Classics series.[4] This edition carried an introduction by Kate Jennings.
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Tirra Lirra By the River |
Miles Franklin Award recipient 1979 |
Succeeded by The Impersonators |