A reinvigoration of the iconic Australian classic that captivated generations of readers, featuring stylish new cover art and a brand new introduction from young Australian writer Romy Ash.
Joan Lindsay was born in Melbourne in 1896. Originally trained as a visual artist, she turned to writing after her marriage to Sir Daryl Lindsay in 1922. Her first novel, Through Darkest Pondelayo (1936), was a parody of popular travel books. Her second, Time Without Clocks, wasn’t published until nearly thirty years later; her most famous, Picnic at Hanging Rock, was released in 1967 and made into a film in 1975. She died in 1984.
‘In the seemingly limitless pantheon of gone-girl literature,
Picnic at Hanging Rock might take the prize for best setting…It’s a
proto-Virgin Suicides, dreamy and haunting, animated by a sense of
slightly sickening erotic mystery.’
*New Yorker*
‘Deliciously horrific.’
*Observer*
‘Chilling…still sends a shiver down my spine.’
*Sara Foster*
‘Iconic and enigmatic.’
*Readings Monthly*
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