Longlistedfor the Stella Prize 2018

ThisWater is the lastwork of fiction by Beverley Farmer, one of Australia's great prose stylists,and a pioneer of women's writing in this country. It is a collection of fiveinterwoven tales, each has a woman at its centre: in each the women speak, act,think for themselves, in opposing or escaping from an oppressive authority.

Praise for ThisWater: Five Tales:

'Farmer'sprose is virtuosic, she is a stylist unlike any other living Australianwriter.' - Australian Book Review

'Like theincoming tide, she probes everywhere, and her writing, like that of GerardManley Hopkins, revels in the peaks and troughs of the English language.' - InsideStory

'Splendid...lightlytouched by the world of myths and legends...illuminated by Farmer's masterlycontrol of structure, tone and imagery.' - Sydney Morning Herald