Longleg (novel)

1990 novel by Glenda Adams

Longleg

First edition

Author| Glenda Adams
Country| Australia
Language| English
Genre| Novel
Publisher| Angus and Robertson, Australia

Publication date

| 1990
Media type| Paperback
Pages| 339 pp
ISBN| 0-207-19016-X
OCLC| 38382510
Preceded by| Dancing on Coral
Followed by| The Tempest of Clemenza

Longleg is a 1990 novel by Australian author Glenda Adams.[1]

## Critical reception[edit]

Writing in The Canberra Times Marion Halligan commented: "Longleg is not exactly a cheerful book, or rather, its cheerfiilness is the kind that goes with adversity, just as its comedy is mostly dark. Its visions are frequently bleak, and that is part of its power. I was reminded at times of a black-and-white film whose power and beauty are all the more compelling because of the absence of colour, that the shapes of things, their reality, their luminosity, are best perceived through this medium. And that it is in the shadows and their many nuances of grey that subtlety lies."[2]

## Publication history[edit]

After its initial publication in Australia in 1990 by Angus and Robertson[3] it was reprinted as follows:

* Cane Hill Press, USA, 1992[1]
* Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1995[1]
* HarperCollins, Australia, 2014[4]

## Awards[edit]

* Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1991: shortlisted[5]
* NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1991: joint winner[6]
* The Age Book of the Year Award, Imaginative Writing Prize, 1990: winner[7]

## Reviews[edit]

* "The New York Times" Book review [1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Austlit — Longleg by Glenda Adams". Austlit. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. ^ ""Subtlety among the shadows"". The Canberra Times, 10 November 1990, p20. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
3. ^ "Longleg (A&R 1990)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
4. ^ "Longleg (Collins 2014)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
5. ^ ""Malouf's sixth novel wins Miles Franklin award"". The Canberra Times, 26 June 1991, p5. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
6. ^ "Austlit — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction 1991". Austlit. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
7. ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1989-91". Austlit. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

## See also[edit]

* 1990 in Australian literature

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