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The Watch Tower
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The Watch Tower
The Watch Tower is a novel of relentless and acute psychological power, from one of Australia's greatest writers.
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"Breaking their poses like trees snapping branches, the women urgently regarded each other, cleared away all signs of work in an instant, examined their souls for defects, in a sense crossed themselves, and waited."
After Laura and Clare are abandoned by their mother, Felix is there to help, even to marry Laura if she will have him. Little by little, the two sisters grow complicit with his obsessions, his cruelty, his need to control.
Set in the leafy northern suburbs of Sydney during the 1940s, The Watch Tower is a novel of relentless and acute psychological power.
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Elizabeth Harrower's The Watch Tower has been widely praised for its incisive portrayal of psychological cruelty and entrapment, focusing on the lives of two sisters subjected to the control of an oppressive figure, Felix. Critics commend the novel for its powerful depiction of the vulnerabilities and struggles faced, especially in a patriarchal society. Described as haunting, gripping, with a novelistic tension that brings out the complexities of power, isolation, and resistance, it highlights Harrower's skill in rendering psychological depth with a compelling narrative. The book is considered a significant work that artfully balances themes of entrapment, vulnerability, and a pursuit of self-identity.
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ISBN: 9781921922428
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 April 2012
Country: Australia
Imprint: Text Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 284g
Pages: 338
About the Author
Elizabeth Harrower is the author of the novels Down in the City, The Long Prospect, and The Catherine Wheel.
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