Picnic at Hanging Rock

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A reinvigoration of the iconic Australian classic that captivated generations of readers, featuring a brand new introduction from Australian writer Romy Ash.

The must-read Australian modern classic.

If her terrified cries had been heard by anyone but a wallaby squatting in a clump of bracken a few feet away, the picnic at Hanging Rock might yet have been just another picnic on a summer's day.

On a cloudless summer day in 1900, a group from Appleyard College for Young Ladies goes for a picnic. In the heat of the afternoon sun, three girls climb through the scrub-and disappear.

Ethereal and enigmatic, Picnic at Hanging Rock has been haunting the Australian imagination for half a century.

'In the seemingly limitless pantheon of gone-girl literature, Picnic at Hanging Rock might take the prize for best setting...It's a proto-Virgin Suicides, dreamy and haunting, animated by a sense of slightly sickening erotic mystery.' New Yorker

'Deliciously horrific.' Observer

'Iconic and enigmatic.' Readings Monthly

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922268310
Published: September 2019

Number of pages: 272
Width: 130 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 22 mm

Publisher: Text Publishing