The Feel of Steel

The Feel of Steel is a 2001 collection of short non-fiction works by Australian writer Helen Garner.[1][2] The 31 works in the collection include long narratives and very short pieces were described by reviewer Evelyn Juers as "delicate haiku-like sketches with a faint stitch of narrative".[3] It has been described as "a collection of pieces reflecting on her life and that of her loved ones."[4] In an interview in 2000 in The Guardian, Garner identified Leslie Fadgyas as the fencing teacher who had taught her both as a schoolgirl and as an adult.[5]

The Feel of Steel
First edition
AuthorHelen Garner
PublisherPicador Australia
Publication date
2001
ISBN0 330 36289 5
A828.309

References
  1. Michel Faber (12 July 2008). "The cabbage juice cure - Review: The Spare Room by Helen Garner". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. Ley, James. "Sydney Review of Books - Gut instinct: This House of Grief by Helen Garner". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. Evelyn Juers (October 2001). "Evelyn Juers Reviews The Feel of Steel by Helen Garner". Australian Book Review. 243. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. "First Person - The Feel of Steel". First Person (radio program). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. Helen Garner (4 December 2000). "Gender - The Feel of Steel". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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