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'‘She’s going now,’ said Henry Watter if he said anything at all. Or, ‘It’s a tricky place, the world. You’ve got to be sharp to manage it.’‘Leave her be. She’ll be back,’ said Mrs Watter. ‘This is her home. She knows that.’
Lark Watter had always planned to run away from her stifling suburban life in 1960s Sydney. At university she encounters an American, Tom, and with him the promise of escape. Following Tom to the other side of the world by freighter is a journey to freedom—but the adventure Lark has embarked on isn’t quite what she had anticipated. Not on the way there, and certainly not in New York…
A picaresque journey across the high seas and through the extremes of the ’60s, Dancing on Coral was Glenda Adams’ second novel and established her international reputation. (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Parts of this novel first appeared in Lies and Stories and The Hottest Night of the Century.
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Dedication: In memory of my father
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Australia in Three Books
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021; Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;
— Review of Fairyland : A Novel 1990 single work novel ; Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel ; Wild Abandon 2021 single work novel -
A Reef Revisited
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 June 2013; (p. 28-29) The Age , 15 June 2013; (p. 26) The Canberra Times , 15 June 2013; (p. 19) -
Feeling More Like Holden Than Phoebe...Following the Formative Years in Fiction
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Fantastic Self : Essays on the Subject of the Self 1999; (p. 120-126) -
The Goodbye Girl
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 March 1996; (p. 9s) -
Odysseus Unbound: Singing with the Sirens / Liminality and Stasis in Glenda Adams' "Dancing on Coral"
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , Winter-Summer no. 28-29 1994-1995; (p. 55-64)
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[Review] Dancing on Coral
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 2 no. 12 1987; (p. 14)
— Review of Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel -
A Credit to the Winner
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Book Magazine , December-January vol. 1 no. 3 1987-1988; (p. 26)
— Review of Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel -
A Voyage of Discovery : Dodging Life's Mad Sheep
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 96 1987; (p. 5-6)
— Review of Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel -
Clever and Trite Look at Heroines
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 November 1987;
— Review of Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel -
Dancing : in Delight and with Brilliance
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 1 August 1987; (p. 16)
— Review of Dancing on Coral 1987 single work novel -
From Sea to Air : The Impact of Jet Travel on Australia's 'Australia'
1992-1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Making of a Pluralist Australia 1950-1990: Selected Papers from the Inaugural EASA Conference 1991 1992; (p. 11-24) -
`I'm Going to America in My Mind' : The American Presence in Australian Writing, 1960-1990
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reconnoitres : Essays in Australian Literature in Honour of G. A. Wilkes 1992; (p. 176-190) Text and Sex 1995; (p. 128-146) -
Glenda Adams
Candida Baker
(interviewer),
1989
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 12-41) -
Fiddling with Words
Cassandra Pybus
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 47 1991; (p. 20-25) -
The Goodbye Girl
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 March 1996; (p. 9s)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Book Review Fan Poll
- 1987 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- 1987 winner Miles Franklin Literary Award
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cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
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cAustralia,c
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Urban,
- 1950s
- 1960s