Fiction

Vanishing Points by Thea Astley

Item: Vanishing Points
Author: Nigel Krauth

by Nigel Krauth •

September 1992, no. 144

WHA, $29.95pb, 0855614781

Fiction

Vanishing Points by Thea Astley

by Nigel Krauth •

September 1992, no. 144

Draw an outline of the Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland. Just a rough one. An isosceles triangle, more or less. Now draw its mirror image away from the baseline. Imagine it in 3-0. Two cones. Two cyclones joined, spinning in opposite directions. Male and female vortices balancing each other, consuming each other. That’s it. Two novellas making a novel: Thea Astley’s brilliant Vanishing Points.

Nigel Krauth

Nigel Krauth is an Australian novelist and academic. He is a Professor at Griffith University teaching creative writing. He has published four novels and co-authored a number of young adult works.