{"product_id":"9781925410471","title":"The Visit: Text Classics","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/i\u003e—Amy Witting’s debut novel, first published when she was almost sixty—a group of Bangoree residents gather to read plays by Beckett and Brecht. But their literary pursuits, and their lives, take an unexpected turn after it is revealed that the late Roderick Fitzallan set some of his celebrated love poems in their small country town. Who is the local mystery woman who inspired Fitzallan’s verse all those years ago?\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Amy Witting was born in Annandale, an inner suburb of Sydney, in 1918.  She attended Sydney University, then taught French and English in state  schools. Beginning late in life she published six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI for Isobel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsobel on the Way to the Corner Shop\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Maria’s War\u003c\/i\u003e; two collections of short stories; two books of verse, \u003ci\u003eTravel Diary\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Beauty Is the Straw\u003c\/i\u003e; and her Collected Poems. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eShe had numerous poems and short stories published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eQuadrant \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWitting was awarded the 1993 Patrick White Prize. \u003ci\u003eIsobel on the Way to the Corner Shop\u003c\/i\u003e won the Age Book of the Year Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmy Witting died in 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ‘Her writing is so simple and tough and direct.’ Helen Garner\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141113889008,"sku":"9781925410471","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925410471_p0.jpg?v=1763634484","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925410471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}