![]() The book's title is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, " The Lady of Shalott". "Subtle, rich, and seductive, this beautifully written novels casts a spell of delight upon the reader." Library Journal "There may be a better novel than Tirra Lirra by the River this year, but I doubt it." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Finely honed structurally and tightly textured, it's a wry, romantic story that should make Anderson's American reputation and create a demand for her other work." - The Washington Post With a courage born of desperation and sustained by a spirited sense of humor, Nora travels to London, and it is there that she becomes the woman she wants to be. To escape her tightly knit small-town family, she marries, only to find herself confined again, this time in a stifling Sydney suburb with a selfish, sanctimonious husband. ISBN 2-0).įor Nora Porteous, life is a series of escapes. Tirra Lirra by the River begins when Nora Porteous, age seventy, return from London to Brisbane, to her family home which she left forty-five years earlier. It is included in Carmen Callil and Colm Tóibín's collection The Modern Library: The Best 200 Novels in English since 1950 (Picador 1999. Though written some years before, it was first published in 1978. ![]() ![]() Tirra Lirra by the River is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Jessica Anderson. ![]()
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