Antiquarian and Classic Book Reviews
(November 7th, 1942 – )
Helen Garner (née Ford) is an Australian author, screenwriter, and playwright. She has won several awards, and much of her work is considered classic and controversial.
Helen Garner is a book author.
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Garner is one of those writers that I wish more people had read. I love her writing style, and her clever economy of words that provides the reader enough room to think carefully about every sentence and every turn of phrase.
A good non-fiction book is just as complicated to write as a fiction one and includes a mastery of many of the same elements. Writing style, writing technique, tone, and description have to be both well done and exist in an ideal balance. If so, then even a boring subject can be compelling. But, if not, even an enthralling subject can be completely dry and unreadable.
