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after that in a lather of defensiveness: "It's a novel, thank you very much". But I'm too old to bother with that crap any more. I might as well come clean. I did publish my diary. That's exactly what I did. I left out what I thought were the boring bits, wrote bridging passages, and changed all the names.
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genre it heralded, is not about love but rather "the disintegration of love", exploring the lives of alienated or romantically cynical city-dwellers who, in an attempt to escape the stressors and boredom of modern city life, indulge in reckless sexual behaviour which only provides them instant, short
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scene in Melbourne, achieved some degree of notoriety for its astute, uncompromising depiction of heroin addiction, sexuality, relationships and love. It became recognised as being one of Australia's "first contemporary novels", and long since its initial publication, has come to be regarded as being
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Shouldn't a real writer be writing about something other than herself and her immediate circle? I've been haunted by this question since 1977 when a reviewer of Monkey Grip asked irritably what the fuss was about: as far as he could see, all I'd done was publish my diaries. I went round for years
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writes that almost all of Garner's fiction addresses "the relationship between sexual behaviour and social organisation; the anarchic nature of desire and the orderly face of the institution of 'family'". The plot point of Nora's obsessive love for Javo is matched by Javo's addiction to heroin –
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Nora's relationship with the flaky Javo is first put under strain when he is arrested in Bangkok for drug possession. As he returns, their relationship seems to ebb and flow: while, at a high point, the tentative couple, along with Nora's daughter Grace, go on trips across the country – first to
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As their relationship intensifies, Nora questions how much of herself will be left if she is wrenched away by a love that is doomed to end. As their relationship approaches eventual disintegration due to Javo's drug addiction, deception, and unsavoury behaviour, Nora takes a short trip to
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is an ABC TV documentary by writer and director Fiona Tuomy. The film explores the real people and events behind Helen Garner's groundbreaking debut novel Monkey Grip and the impact it had on Australia's artistic, political and cultural identity.
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in the mid-1970s. The characters inhabit a lively social circle, frequenting cafés, restaurants, cinemas, theatres, pubs and clubs in the city. Nora, a single mother in her thirties, and her young daughter Grace, live in a succession of
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It has been translated into several languages, including French and Italian. By the time of the release of the film adaptation, the novel had sold in excess of 100,000 copies. It has been taught in both high schools and universities.
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similarly praising the book for Garner's "deliberately laconic style", further stating she "renders her experiences with imagination to produce a novel that is chilling to read, cut and coloured with hard energy and strong feeling".
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in the mid-1970s – the relationship between Nora and Javo is based on a relationship Garner had during her time living in sharehousing while raising her daughter. Most of the novel was written in the Latrobe Reading Room at the
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In 2018, the book was voted number 47 on a list of 100 stories that changed the world, "stories they felt had shaped mindsets or influenced history", by a survey of 108 "critics, scholars and journalists" polled by the
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the "voice of a generation". Furthermore, it helped establish the career of Helen Garner, who is now one of the most well-known writers in Australia. Garner later admitted that there was an
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Despite dividing critics after its publication in 1977, the book sold very well. It was one of the first majorly successful works released by Melbourne publishing house
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The novel was released internationally in Europe and the United States in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was met with a modest acclaim there – with the
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baths in summer. Nora, a freelance journalist, takes small acting gigs in independent films and edits a women's newspaper between jobs to make ends meet.
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from their relationship – returns home, forced to start anew and contemplate her feelings about their fleeting, destructive love affair.
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Another way of thinking about the way they all behaved, after all, might be to strike out 'childlike innocence' and call it
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although the source of obsession is different for both people, it possesses a similarly destructive power over a person.
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to clear her mind. Around this time, Javo seduces Nora's friend Claire, while Nora – drained and
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as number 47 of a list of "100 stories that shaped the world" – the only Australian novel on the list.
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initially met with a mixed reception in Australia. Some critics praised Garner's writing, including
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of McPhee Gribble, the book's first publisher, wrote that the title of the novel referred to both a
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writing "the actual force of the author's prose carries the novel along like a strong drink" and
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element to the novel, with much of its plot being diaristic and based on her own experiences.
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In 1978, Garner was awarded the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council for
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s roots go back to mythical times, and comes in contemporary form from about 3000 B.C.
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Much of the novel was based on Helen Garner's own experiences living in sharehouses in
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Much of the novel was transcribed from Garner's diary entries at Melbourne's
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Garner, on the critical reaction to the diaristic element to the novel
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lived gratification over long-term meaningful, fulfilling couplings.
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with Garner reading the entire text of the novel on air, herself.
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Nora consults the ancient, mystical Chinese divination text
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was serialised for the Melbourne community radio station
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The book makes numerous references to the sacred Chinese
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Index


Helen Garner
McPhee Gribble
ISBN
0-14-004953-3
OCLC
11950836
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Honour & Other People's Children
novel
Helen Garner
Australian literature
heroin addict
Monkey Grip
grunge lit
counterculture
bohemia
autobiographical
McPhee Gribble
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Fitzroy baths
inner city suburbs
Melbourne
share houses
heroin addict
Fitzroy
Hobart
Sydney

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