The novel, published at the height of a burgeoning counterculture movement and bohemia scene in Melbourne, achieved some degree of notoriety for its astute, uncompromising depiction of heroin addiction, sexuality, relationships and love. In the 1990s, when critics identified the Australian literary genre of grunge lit, the book was retrospectively categorized as one of the first examples of this genre. A film based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip, was released in 1982. The novel deals with the life of single-mother Nora, as she narrates her increasingly tumultuous relationship with a flaky heroin addict, juxtaposed with her raising a daughter while living in share houses in Melbourne during the late 1970s.
It initially received a mixed critical reception, but has now become accepted as a classic of modern Australian literature. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008609.Monkey Grip is a 1977 novel by Australian writer Helen Garner, her first published book. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Jacket painting by Thomas B. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. CONDITION: The dust jacket has some rubbing/fraying along the top edge of the spine the original $10.95 price is still on the front flap. TITLE: MONKEY GRIP By HELEN GARNER 1981 AUTHOR: HELEN GARNER PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: SEAVIEW BOOKS, NY 1981 EDITION: Reprint Edition but possible First Edition for Seaview Books with 'American Edition Published 1981' present ISBN: 0872236773 CATEGORY: Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Light Green SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 245 pages. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. This iconic design now available in a smaller and competitively priced format. Monkey Grip is a masterpiece-the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex.
When Nora falls in love with Javo, she is caught in the web of his addiction and as he moves between loving her and leaving, between his need for her and promises broken, Nora's life becomes an intense dance of loving and trying to let go. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiece-the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature- communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex. Helen Garner's gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977.
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