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{{Short description|2017 crime novel by Australian author Jane Harper}}
{{Short description|1992 novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally}}
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{{Infobox book |
{{Infobox book |
| name = Force of Nature
| name = Woman of the Inner Sea
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| author = [[Jane Harper]]
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| country = Australia
| country = Australia
| language = English
| language = English
| series = Aaron Falk
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| genre = Novel
| genre = Novel
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]]
| publisher = [[Hodder and Stoughton]]
| release_date = 26 September 2017
| release_date = 1992
| media_type = Print
| media_type = Print
| pages = 377 pp.
| pages = 284 pp.
| isbn = 9781760554781
| isbn = 0340531487
| preceded_by = [[The Dry (novel)|The Dry]]
| preceded_by = [[Chief of Staff (novel)|Chief of Staff]]
| followed_by = Exiles
| followed_by = Jacko: The Great Intruder
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'''''Force of Nature''''' is a 2017 novel by the Australian author [[Jane Harper]].<ref name="NLA">{{cite web|title= ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper (PanMacmillan 2017)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7421590|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
'''''Woman of the Inner Sea ''''' is a 1992 novel by the Australian author [[Thomas Keneally]].<ref name="NLA">{{cite web|title= ''Woman of the Inner Sea '' by Thomas Keneally (H&S 1992)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/314283|access-date= 25 July 2024}}</ref>

This novel is the second in the author's ''Aaron Falk'' series, following ''[[The Dry (novel)|The Dry]]'' in 2016, and preceding ''Exiles'' in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title= Austlit — Aaron Falk by Jane Harper |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/11561321|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
After a tragedy Kate Gaffney-Kozinsky gives up her marriage, family and life in Sydney for the Outback where she hopes to transform herself.
This thriller is set in the thickly forested mountains north-east of Melbourne, again featuring Federal Agent Aaron Falk. A group from a Melbourne tech company go on a retreat in the mountains, where Alice Russell, one of the women in the group, disappears while navigating the Mirror Falls trail. Falk has been investigating the company for financial irregularities, and the woman was his secret informer.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
Writing in ''The Guardian'' Amanda Coe called the novel "a gripping procedural, with the narrative chops and assured pace of a Hollywood thriller. Elevator pitch: ''Deliverance'' with oestrogen, or a menopausal ''Picnic at Hanging Rock''...As in ''The Dry'', Harper deploys end-of-chapter hooks and narrative misdirections with aplomb. But with a style that is efficient at best (people never smile: instead, their mouths always 'lift at the corners'), ''Force of Nature'' begs for an internal dynamism. Perhaps Falk is the problem. In ''The Dry'' he's personally connected to a story that forced his exile from his hometown. Here, it's strictly business, and given the nature of that business – the clue is in 'financial' – he is more methodical accountant than maverick cop."<ref>{{cite web|title="Force of Nature by Jane Harper review – five go feral in the outback" |publisher= The Guardian, 10 March 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/10/force-of-nature-by-jane-harper-review|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>


Writing in ''The Canberra Times'' reviewer Mark Thomas stated: "''Woman of the Inner Sea'' is a touching story, cleverly
In the ''Chicago Review of Books'' Greer MacAllister found a lot to like about the book: "Nearly all of the main characters of Jane Harper's new Australia-set thriller, ''Force of Nature'' — a loose follow-up to ''The Dry'' — are more unpleasant than pleasant, more misbehaving than misunderstood. And you'll enjoy the book a lot more because of it...''Force of Nature'' is only Harper's second novel, but it clearly displays her background of more than a decade in journalism. Once the core players are introduced, the novel ramps up to a brisk, compelling pace with red herrings and revelations popping up regularly."<ref>{{cite web|title="''Force of Nature'' Is Even Better Than ''The Dry''" |publisher= Chicago Review of Books, 13 February 2018|url=https://chireviewofbooks.com/2018/02/13/force-of-nature-jane-harper-review/|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
told. I actively disliked Keneally's last two limp and lame novels, ''Towards Asmara'' and ''Flying Hero Class''. This is a story with more emotional strength, more intellectual panache, more stylistic charm...''Woman of the Inner Sea'' is a well structured, tightly knit narrative. Keneally organises his climax as early as page 72, but studiously refuses to let us in on his secret for more than a hundred pages."<ref>{{cite web|title="Keneally hits the mark with parables about human frailty" |publisher= The Canberra Times, 13 June 1992, p8|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126928478|access-date= 25 July 2024}}</ref>


==Publishing history==
==Publishing history==


After the novel's initial publication in Australia by [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]] in 2017,<ref name="NLA" /> it was reprinted as follows:
After the novel's initial publication in Australia and UK by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] in 1992,<ref name="NLA" /> it was reprinted as follows:


* [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]], Australia, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper (PanMacmillan 2018)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7792257|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Coronet, Australia, 1993<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Woman of the Inner Sea '' by Thomas Keneally (Coronet 1993) |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1252128|access-date= 25 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Little, Brown]], UK, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper (Little, Brown 2018)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7578870|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Talese, USA, 1993<ref name="Austlit">{{cite web|title= Austlit — ''Woman of the Inner Sea '' by Thomas Keneally |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C127681|access-date= 25 July 2024}}</ref>
* Sceptre, UK, 1993<ref name="Austlit" />
* Flatiron Books, USA, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper (Flatiron 2018)|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7580182|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Plume, USA, 1993<ref name="Austlit" />
* [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]], Australia, 2023<ref name="Austlit">{{cite web|title= Austlit — ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A..|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Doubleday, USA, 1993<ref name="Austlit" />


The novel was also translated into Swedish in 2017; Chinese, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Greek and Croatian in 2018; Norwegian, Hungarian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Indonesian, Ukranian and Czech in 2019; Bulgarian, Finnish, Lithuanian, Russian, Persian, and Romanian in 2020; Portuguese and Latvian in 2021; and Turkish and Arabic in 2022.<ref name="Austlit" />
The novel was also translated into Italian, Spanish and Polish in 1994, and Turkish, French and Chinese in 1996.<ref name="Austlit" />

==Awards==

* [[Davitt Award]] — Best Adult Crime Novel, 2018, shortlisted<ref>{{cite web|title="Getting Away with Murder" |publisher= Sister in Crime, 1 June 2018|url=https://sistersincrime.org.au/getting-away-with-murder-101-books-contend-for-sisters-in-crimes-18th-davitt-awards/|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Davitt Award]] — People's Choice, 2018, winner<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-14 |title=Sisters in Crime: Davitt Awards 2018 |url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2018/08/14/davitt-awards-2018/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=The Booktopian |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* Australian Booksellers Association Awards — BookPeople Book of the Year, 2018, shortlisted<ref name="AustlitA">{{cite web|title= Austlit — ''Force of Nature'' by Jane Harper - Awards |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/11561347?mainTabTemplate=workAwards|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year, 2018, shortlisted<ref name="AustlitA" />
* [[Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction]], 2018 shortlisted <ref>{{cite web|title="Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlists announced" |date= 14 January 2018|publisher= Australian Independent Booksellers|url=https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/post/2018/01/15/2018-indie-book-awards-shortlist-announcement|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>

==Film adaptation==

The novel was adapated as a film in 2024 under the title ''[[Force of Nature: The Dry 2]]'', with [[Eric Bana]] in the lead role of Aaron Falk and also featuring [[Anna Torv]] and [[Deborra-Lee Furness]]. The film was directed by [[Robert Connolly]] from his own script.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|title=IFC Films Nabs Eric Bana Crime Thriller 'Force of Nature' (Exclusive)|date=9 September 2022|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ifc-films-buys-eric-bana-film-1235212970/|accessdate=7 July 2024}}</ref>

==Notes==
* Dedication: "For Pete and Charlotte, with love."


==See also==
==See also==
* [[2017 in Australian literature]]
* [[1992 in Australian literature]]


==References==
==References==
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Woman of the Inner Sea
AuthorThomas Keneally
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherHodder and Stoughton
Publication date
1992
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages284 pp.
ISBN0340531487
Preceded byChief of Staff 
Followed byJacko: The Great Intruder 

Woman of the Inner Sea is a 1992 novel by the Australian author Thomas Keneally.[1]

Synopsis

After a tragedy Kate Gaffney-Kozinsky gives up her marriage, family and life in Sydney for the Outback where she hopes to transform herself.

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times reviewer Mark Thomas stated: "Woman of the Inner Sea is a touching story, cleverly told. I actively disliked Keneally's last two limp and lame novels, Towards Asmara and Flying Hero Class. This is a story with more emotional strength, more intellectual panache, more stylistic charm...Woman of the Inner Sea is a well structured, tightly knit narrative. Keneally organises his climax as early as page 72, but studiously refuses to let us in on his secret for more than a hundred pages."[2]

Publishing history

After the novel's initial publication in Australia and UK by Hodder and Stoughton in 1992,[1] it was reprinted as follows:

  • Coronet, Australia, 1993[3]
  • Talese, USA, 1993[4]
  • Sceptre, UK, 1993[4]
  • Plume, USA, 1993[4]
  • Doubleday, USA, 1993[4]

The novel was also translated into Italian, Spanish and Polish in 1994, and Turkish, French and Chinese in 1996.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Woman of the Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally (H&S 1992)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ ""Keneally hits the mark with parables about human frailty"". The Canberra Times, 13 June 1992, p8. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Woman of the Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally (Coronet 1993)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Austlit — Woman of the Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally". Austlit. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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