Camille's Bread
{{Short description|1995 novel by Australian author Amanda Lohrey}}
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| author = Amanda Lohrey
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| genre = Novel
| publisher = Angus and Robertson
| release_date = 1995
| media_type = Print
| pages = 277 pp.
| isbn = 0207188432
| preceded_by = The Reading Group
| followed_by = The Philosopher's Doll
| awards = 1996 ALS Gold Medal winner
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Camille's Bread (1995) is a novel by Australian writer Amanda Lohrey. It was originally published by Angus and Robertson in Australia in 1995.{{cite web|title= Austlit — Camille's Bread by Amanda Lohrey 1995|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C271383| accessdate= 26 April 2024}}
Synopsis
Narita is a single-mother of Camille, living in Sydney, when she meets Stephen, a public servant who is seeking a change of lifestyle.
Publishing history
After its initial publication in Australia by Angus and Robertson in 1995,{{cite web|title= Camille's Bread (A&R 1995) |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2261080|access-date= 26 April 2024}} the novel was reprinted by the same company in 1996.{{cite web|title= Camille's Bread (A&R 1996) |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2524717|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
Epigraph
- Epigraph: "The child's first decision, noted Freud, is whether to swallow it or spit it out."
Critical reception
Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer Morag Fraser commented: "Amanda Lohrey's Camille's Bread is all domestic interiors and friction over ritual." She then went on to note that "..random riches at the novel's edges make you speculate that Lohrey has other novels in her that will prove riskier and more grand."{{cite web|title=Quiet horrors among the polished spoons |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 30 September 1995, p12A |url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/september-30-1995-page-150-269/docview/2527873426/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
In The Age Lyn McCredden wrote: "It is the sheer glory of the novel that its understated humor and subtle neo-realism deliver a feast of contemporary vignettes and characters. Each scene totters deliciously on the brink of farce but is pulled back into the narrative."{{cite web|title=Great writing lift women's novels out of their label|publisher= The Age, 12 November 1995, p44|url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/november-12-1995-page-44-121/docview/2521779834/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
Awards
- 1996 ALS Gold Medal winner{{cite web|title= ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners |publisher= Association for the Study of Australian Literature|url= https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
- 1996 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction winner{{cite web|title=Motherhood, love and food dazzle judges |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 1996, p8|url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/october-19-1996-page-8-288/docview/2527878441/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
- 1996 Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted{{cite web|title=A spirit rekindled |publisher= The Age, 12 June 1996, p13|url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/june-12-1996-page-13-64/docview/2521691114/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
See also
- After her Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction win in 1996, Lohrey spoke to Jason Steger of The Age.{{cite web|title=Amanda's Bread |publisher= The Age, 20 October 1966|url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/amandas-bread/docview/367089088/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
- The Age newspaper published a short excerpt from the novel{{cite web|title=Amanda Lohrey Camille's Bread"|publisher= The Age, 5 January 1996, p9|url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/january-5-1996-page-9-43/docview/2521919422/se-2|access-date= 26 April 2024}}
- 1995 in Australian literature
References
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{{Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction}}
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