Cabin Fever (novel)

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Cabin Fever
Author Elizabeth Jolley
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publisher Viking
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint
Pages237 pp.
ISBN 0670831557
Preceded by My Father's Moon  
Followed byThe Georges' Wife 

Cabin Fever (1990) is a novel by Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley. It was originally published by Viking in Australia in 1990. [1]

Contents

The novel was the second in the author's Vera Wright trilogy, along with My Father's Moon (1989) and The Georges' Wife (1993).

Synopsis

Vera Wright, now in her sixties, arrives in New York to deliver a paper at a medical conference but finds herself unable to leave her hotel room, struck down with "cabin fever".

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times Marian Eldridge stated: "Elizabeth Jolley's admirers will not be dis appointed with Cabin Fever, which is a kind of sequel to that splendid novel My Father's Moon...Cabin Fever is an intricately woven book that manages the dips and sweeps of memory without seeming forced or artificial...It is Jolley's use of fractured time to present her material, her counterpointing of her facts, that make Cabin Fever such an imaginative feat." [2]

A reviewer at Publishers Weekly noted: "Narrated in a series of short, intense flashbacks by the adult Vera, who has come to a medical conference in New York City only to find herself emotionally incapable of leaving her hotel room, the novel conveys the claustrophobic grip of unbearably poignant memories, the essence of bereavement, and the resiliency of the human spirit. Psychologically acute and penetrating, this is Jolley writing with masterful power." [3]

Publication history

After its original publication in 1990 in Australia by publisher Viking [4] the novel was later reprinted as follows:

Awards

The novel won the ALS Gold Medal in 1991. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Austlit — Cabin Fever by Elizabeth Jolley (Viking) 1990". Austlit. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ↑ ""Managing the dips and sweeps of memory"". The Canberra Times, 29 September 1990, p. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ↑ ""Cabin Fever"". Publishers Weekly, July 1991. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cabin Fever (Viking 1990)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cabin Fever (Penguin)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Austlit — Cabin Fever". Austlit. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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