Bush Studies

Un libro que me aburrió muchísimo. Me costó terminarlo. No pasa nada interesante. Te narra la historia de mujeres, temática que me gusta. Por desgracia este no fue el caso. Lo contó de una manera que no fue de mi agradó. Completamente olvidable. No me voy acordar de mucho al pasar el tiempo. De hecho......more

Estudios de los salvaje es una compilación de seis cuentos que nos muestran la lucha de la mujer por la supervivencia tal como lo dice el título en "lo salvaje" de Australia. En él encontramos ciertos temas recurrentes: la maternidad y sus terrores, la infidelidad de los hombres y su ferocidad con l......more

A mention in McSweeney's got me to find a copy of Bush Studies, a founding classic of Australian Literature, though I'd probably heard it mentioned once or twice in my life. I'm glad I followed up, because, while these stories are a form of torture, I am historically interested in fiction of this pe......more

Reading the reviews on this page it is evident that ‘Bush Studies’ suffers somewhat from the curse of being a set text, perhaps even a weapon in a literary studies debate – a female alternative to the very male world of Australian bush writing, as exemplified by Henry Lawson. It certainly fulfils th......more

First published in 1902, Bush Studies is a collection of short stories set in the Australian outback of her day. While the stories certainly convey the harsh conditions, I felt that Baynton made scathing commentary on the harsh, crude and vulgar behaviour particularly of the men, and particularly to......more