 Republic of Women
(UQP 1999, ISBN 0-7022-3078-2)
In
this novel of striking intellectual subtlety and authority, Merrill Findlay probes questions of sexual identity in
a voice that is radical, humane, angry, tender, and always
true to the complex reality of her characters. More
>>
[A
special welcome to all CAE Book Group readers. Book group discussion notes on Republic of Women are available
through the Council
of Adult Education (CAE), Melbourne.]
Reviews
and outline >>
Donna
Coates (University of Calgary), Antipodes (USA)
June 2002;
Roberta
J. Bolton in Idiom 23 vol. 14 no.1 2002;
Roberta
Buffi in Leggere Donna, Italy (Sept/Oct 2000);
Murray
Waldren in the Weekend Australian (4.9.99);
Michelle
Griffin in the Sunday Age (15.8.99);
Susan
Hawthorne in the Australian's Review of Books (10.99);
Alicia
Belyea in The Australian Women's Book Review (Vol. II, 1999);
Susan
Taylor in the Central Western Daily (22.1.00);
Tejay
Sener in the RMIT Postgraduate Review;
Duncan
Richardson in Social Alternatives;
Shaunagh
O'Connor (ed),
Herald-Sun Weekend (4.9.99) . More >>
Index
of characters >>
A simple interactive Who's Who for readers
of Republic of Women >>
Republic
of Women's cover art >>
by designer Kate Barry featuring School
of Women by Australian artist Megaera.
Republic of women wine >>
A rich merlot by Margaret River winemaker, Jane Moss. A first-time collaboration between an Australian
wine maker and a novelist.
Literature
as a tourist asset ... >>
Reflections on Republic of Women and other geographies, including the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda where this novel is set, presented at the Australian
Studies conference, Changing Geographies: Australia
and the millennium, Australian Studies Centre, 1st Universitat de Barcelona,
Catalonia, 2-4 February, 2000, exploring some of the themes
covered in Republic of women. Merrill was a guest author at this conference. >>
READ an extract >>
The
phone rings, someone pushes the security buzzer and
Daphne Downstairs pops in the back door. At the very
same moment, Marie hits her thumb with the hammer. Goddamn,
she says and sits on a fruit crate. The phone's still
ringing, the buzzer's still buzzing and now her thumb
is throbbing. She sucks it then leans out the window.
Look, I don't believe in god and I'm really busy, she
tells the two Jehovah's Witnesses at the security door
below. More >>
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