 First US edition | |
| Author | David Ireland |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Penguin, Australia George Braziller (US) |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 351pp |
| ISBN | 0-14-005657-2 |
| OCLC | 9395876 |
| Preceded by | The Glass Canoe |
| Followed by | City of Women |
A Woman of the Future (1979) is a novel by Australian author David Ireland. It won the Miles Franklin Award in 1979 and was joint winner of the Age Book of the Year award in 1980.[1]
As a result of this novel, Ireland was "being hailed as the successor to Patrick White and the antipodean rival of the great American satirist Kurt Vonnegut".[2]
Originally published in 1979, it was re-issued in 2012 as part of the Text Publishing Text Classics series.[3] This edition carried an introduction by Kate Jennings.