ISBN: 9781925355758

'Vivid, fresh and utterly unsentimental...Calthorpe's own experience of factory and office work provides The Dyehouse with many authentic touches (including much detail about the dyeing p… More...

'Vivid, fresh and utterly unsentimental...Calthorpe's own experience of factory and office work provides The Dyehouse with many authentic touches (including much detail about the dyeing process) but that is not what generates this novel's compelling power. What is so remarkable is how it captures and presents a microcosmic world, in which the human elements are all parts of a moving whole: the brutal economy of manual labor, where workers are kept barely above the poverty line, where there is almost no chance of escape, improvement, education, promotion. Yet the focus is always on the personal, the individual.’— Sydney Morning Herald Written with unerring skill and insight, a masterly portrait of postwar Australia. As industrial work was radically transformed by new technologies, society changed with it. Mena Calthorpe—who herself worked in a textile factory—takes us inside this world, vividly bringing to life the people of an inner-Sydney company in the mid-1950s: the bosses, middlemen and underlings; their dramatic struggles and their loves.This powerful and affecting novel was first published in 1961, and is the hundredth book in the Text Classics series. Introduced by Fiona McFarlane, acclaimed author of The Night Guest . Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction Womens>Fict Women, Text Publishing Company Core >1<

ISBN: 9781925355758

''Vivid, fresh and utterly unsentimental Calthorpe''s own experience of factory and office work providesThe Dyehouse with many authentic touches (including much detail about the dyeing pr… More...

''Vivid, fresh and utterly unsentimental Calthorpe''s own experience of factory and office work providesThe Dyehouse with many authentic touches (including much detail about the dyeing process) but that is not what generates this novel''s compelling power. What is so remarkable is how it captures and presents a microcosmic world, in which the human elements are all parts of a moving whole: the brutal economy of manual labor, where workers are kept barely above the poverty line, where there is almost no chance of escape, improvement, education, promotion. Yet the focus is always on the personal, the individual.''-Sydney Morning HeraldWritten with unerring skill and insight, a masterly portrait of postwar Australia. As industrial work was radically transformed by new technologies, society changed with it. Mena Calthorpe-who herself worked in a textile factory-takes us inside this world, vividly bringing to life the people of an inner-Sydney company in the mid-1950s: the bosses, middlemen and underlings; their dramatic struggles and their loves.This powerful and affecting novel was first published in 1961, and is the hundredth book in the Text Classics series. Introduced by Fiona McFarlane, acclaimed author ofThe Night Guest. Books List_Books<

2016, ISBN: 1925355756

[EAN: 9781925355758], Neubuch, [PU: Text Publishing, Melbourne], Paperback. Written with unerring skill and insight, The Dyehouse is a masterly portrait of postwar Australia, when industr… More...

[EAN: 9781925355758], Neubuch, [PU: Text Publishing, Melbourne], Paperback. Written with unerring skill and insight, The Dyehouse is a masterly portrait of postwar Australia, when industrial work was radically transformed by new technologies and society changed with it. Mena Calthorpe who herself worked in a textile factory takes us inside this world, vividly bringing to life the people of an inner-Sydney company in the mid-1950s: the bosses, middlemen and underlings; their dramatic struggles and their loves. This powerful and affecting novel was first published in 1961, and is the hundredth book in the Text Classics series. Set in 1950s Sydney, this ensemble novel reveals the lives of men and women working in a textile factory. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

2016, ISBN: 1925355756

[EAN: 9781925355758], Neubuch, [PU: Text Publishing, Melbourne], Paperback. Written with unerring skill and insight, The Dyehouse is a masterly portrait of postwar Australia, when industr… More...

[EAN: 9781925355758], Neubuch, [PU: Text Publishing, Melbourne], Paperback. Written with unerring skill and insight, The Dyehouse is a masterly portrait of postwar Australia, when industrial work was radically transformed by new technologies and society changed with it. Mena Calthorpe who herself worked in a textile factory takes us inside this world, vividly bringing to life the people of an inner-Sydney company in the mid-1950s: the bosses, middlemen and underlings; their dramatic struggles and their loves. This powerful and affecting novel was first published in 1961, and is the hundredth book in the Text Classics series. Set in 1950s Sydney, this ensemble novel reveals the lives of men and women working in a textile factory. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<