Michelle de Kretser

James Crawford interviews award-winning author Michelle de Kretser about her novel Theory & Practice. De Kretser discusses three key influences on the book: Virginia Woolf's 1932 diary, Ali Smith's 2005 novel The Accidental, and Shirley Hazzard's 1980 novel The Transit of Venus.

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topics

• theory & practice
• virginia woolf's diary
• the accidental
• the transit of venus

persons

• Michelle de Kretser
• Virginia Woolf
• Ali Smith
• Shirley Hazzard

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