The Children's Bach
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The Children's Bach
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Narrated by:
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Helen Garner
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By:
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Helen Garner
About this listen
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia’s most respected authors.
Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexter’s university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.
Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984.
©1984 Helen Garner (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdCritic Reviews
"This is the power of Garner’s writing. She drills into experience and comes up with such clean, precise distillations of life, once you read them they enter into you. Successive generations of writers have felt the keen influence of her work and for this reason Garner has become part of us all." (The Australian)
"Garner wears her mastery lightly – the novel never draws undue attention to its own modernist tricks. Unfolding, as the title suggests, like a halting piece of music, its effects are subtle and unexpected." (Harper's Bazaar)
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- Rachel Power
- 04-09-2020
Such a treat
How extraordinary to hear Helen Garner reading her own book. The Children’s Bach is one of my favourite novels - and it’s such a treat to experience it again through the voice of the author.
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- Kate Thomas
- 20-10-2022
Loved it!
I really loved the experience of listening to The Children’s Bach. Having Helen Garner narrate it lent an even greater authenticity to the prose and the characters.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-2022
Couldn’t follow story line very well
Not my taste but I did listen right through. Probably because so far from my own life style.
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