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5 53 y separately published work icon The Watch Tower Elizabeth Harrower , ( trans. Zhengfa Chen et. al. )agent with title 瞭望塔 ) Chongqing : Chongqing chu ban she , 1995 Z453697 1966 single work novel (taught in 2 units)

'Breaking their poses like trees snapping branches, the women urgently regarded each other, cleared away all signs of work in an instant, examined their souls for defects, in a sense crossed themselves, and waited.

'After Laura and Clare are abandoned by their mother, Felix is there to help, even to marry Laura if she will have him. Little by little the two sisters grow complicit with his obsessions, his cruelty, his need to control.

'Set in the leafy northern suburbs of Sydney during the 1940s, The Watch Tower is a novel of relentless and acute psychological power.' (Publication summary)
2 y separately published work icon Australian Writing Translated into Chinese 1954-1988 Hugh Anderson , Zuyi Ma , Zhengfa Chen , Ascot Vale : Red Rooster Press , 1989 Z478788 1989 single work bibliography
3 22 y separately published work icon Black Opal Katharine Susannah Prichard , ( trans. Zuyi Ma )expression s.l. : Anhui Arts and Literature Publishing House , 1988 Z548062 1921 single work novel
29 184 y separately published work icon His Natural Life For the Term of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke , ( trans. Zhengfa Chen et. al. )agent with title 无期徒刑 )with title Wu Qi Tu Xing ) China : Hunan ren min chu ban she , 1985 Z1032375 1870-1872 single work novel (taught in 15 units)

'Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life. The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero's struggle against his wrongful imprisonment. Elements of romance, incidents of family life and passages of scenic description both relieve and give emphasis to the tragedy that forms its heart.' (Publication summary : Penguin Books 2009)
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