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The Slow Natives by Thea Astley is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Slow Natives about?

Thea Astley is in top form in this 1965 Miles Franklin Award winner. 'If one saw behind the faces into the hearts, one would die.' A suburban couple have drifted into the shallows of middle-aged boredom. Their fourteen-year-old son is a stranger, meeting their attempts at love with hostile indifference. Surly at home, he is a dab hand at shoplifting and looks like sliding into delinquency. Moving from Brisbane to a country convent and the Gold Coast, the novel is a brilliant, witty portrait of the surface of ordinary life. The Leverson family and their connections appear normal but desire and inner emotion are never quite so simple.

Author

Thea Astley

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781743432990

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.3 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14