An explosively provocative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control by one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Charlotte Wood is the author of five novels and two books of non-fiction. The Natural Way of Things won the Stella Prize, Reviews: · Charlotte Wood, author of The Natural Way of Things. Credit: Steven Siewert She began to conceive her fifth novel while working on the previous one, Animal People (), which covered the worst. The Australian newspaper has described Charlotte Wood as "one of our most original and provocative writers.” She is the author of five novels and a book of non-fiction. Her latest novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the Indie Book of the Year and Indie Fiction Book of the Year prizes, was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and longlisted for /5(3K).
The Natural Way Of Things resonates with you long after you've read the final pages. A Handmaid's Tale for end times, this is an important book about contemporary femininity. * The Believer * What sets Wood's The Natural Way of Things apart, what makes it a truly urgent read is that it is not an allegory and it is not a dystopian novel: it is a. Heres one to put on your radar: Charlotte Woods new novel The Natural Way of Things, to be published by Allen Unwin on September Its rare to pick up a novel and from the opening pages be not. "The Natural Way of Things is a prescient feminist horror novel you need to read." —Jezebel "While there are definite hints of Atwood there, The Natural Way of Things is definitely its own animal." —BookRiot "An absorbing plot, lyrical prose, and discomfiting imagery makes Wood's novel decidedly gripping." —Kirkus Reviews.
"The Natural Way of Things", by Charlotte Wood, is a difficult book to read, but we should not look away. It is a harrowing account of ten young women who find themselves held captive because their mere existence, their abuse, or their truth, has become inconvenient to our male-dominated culture. With extraordinary echoes of The Handmaid's Tale and Lord of the Flies, The Natural Way of Things is a compulsively readable, scarifying and deeply moving contemporary novel. It confirms Charlotte Wood's position as one of our most thoughtful, provocative and fearless truth-tellers, as she unflinchingly reveals us and our world to ourselves. The Natural Way of Things () is a novel by Australian writer Charlotte Wood. It won the Stella Prize, for writing by Australian women, in
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