The Feel of Steel

The Feel of Steel

First edition
Author	Helen Garner
Publisher	Picador Australia
Publication date	2001
ISBN	0 330 36289 5
Dewey Decimal	A828.309

The Feel of Steel is a 2001 collection of short non-fiction works by Australian writer Helen Garner. ^{[1] [2]} The 31 works in the collection include long narratives and very short pieces were described by reviewer Evelyn Juers as "delicate haiku-like sketches with a faint stitch of narrative". ^[3] It has been described as "a collection of pieces reflecting on her life and that of her loved ones." ^[4] In an interview in 2000 in The Guardian, Garner identified Leslie Fadgyas as the fencing teacher who had taught her both as a schoolgirl and as an adult. ^[5]

References

1. Michel Faber (12 July 2008). "The cabbage juice cure - Review: The Spare Room by Helen Garner". The Guardian . Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
2. Ley, James. "Sydney Review of Books - Gut instinct: This House of Grief by Helen Garner". Sydney Review of Books . Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
3. Evelyn Juers (October 2001). "Evelyn Juers Reviews The Feel of Steel by Helen Garner". Australian Book Review . 243. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
4. "First Person - The Feel of Steel". First Person (radio program) . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. Helen Garner (4 December 2000). "Gender - The Feel of Steel". The Guardian . Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 20 July 2018.

External links

• The Feel of Steel at the AustLit website