· So begins Susan Johnson ‘s The Landing, which tells the story of a well-to-do, good-looking year-old man trying to recalibrate his life after his wife leaves him for a woman. Jonathan Lott is scared of being alone, but he can’t quite believe that his marriage is over. · The Landing is a wise and thoughtful commentary on Australian contemporary life, from one of our best authors. Author: Susan Johnson Title: The Landing Publisher: Allen and Unwin, ISBN: Source: review copy courtesy of Allen Unwin. Availability. Fishpond: The Landing and good bookshops everywhereEstimated Reading Time: 7 mins. In Susan Johnson’s latest novel, The Landing, the journalist and writer shows that she is very accomplished at her craft. Johnson has a way with words and the ability to observe and write about things that other people take for granted/5(9).
Susan Johnson is an established author of literary fiction and non-fiction, with several of her books shortlisted for awards. The Landing is her breakthrough book, a change marked by its naturalistic cover image of a woman in a red dress standing at the edge of lapping water. It is not just critics but also readers who notice this packaging: as one wrote on the reader-review website Goodreads. The Landing by Susan Johnson. Septem — Author: Dorothy Johnston Category: Australian literature fiction writing Comments: 2. My review of The Landing was published in the Fairfax newspapers this weekend. It's Johnson's eighth novel and a fine one. Susan Johnson Author Journalist Susan Johnson Author This is me: author, incurable Australian, friend, feminist, ambivalent mother skewered by love and struck by eternal wanderlust. I lived for many years in the UK, France and Greece and now find myself living in Brisbane, Australia. I agree with Martin Amis that "the first thing that Continue reading "Home".
THE LANDING. Susan Johnson. Allen Unwin, $ The opening sentence of Susan Johnson's latest novel is a cheeky riff on the famous Pride and Prejudice introduction: "If a separated man. Susan Johnson's stunning new novel, written with her trademark wit and insight, brilliantly observes what it is to be human and to love: the betrayals, the long and the short alliances, the disappointments and the joys. The Landing celebrates all of it with verve and style. Fiction Australia. pages, Paperback. Susan Johnson's stunning new novel, written with her trademark wit and insight, brilliantly observes what it is to be human and to love: the betrayals, the long and the short alliances, the disappointments and the joys. The Landing celebrates all of it with verve and style.
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