About “Picnic at Hanging Rock”
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, marking its 50th anniversary in a later edition with a foreword by Maile Meloy. Set on a cloudless summer day in 1900, three girls from Appleyard College for Young Ladies climb into the sun during a picnic at Hanging Rock and disappear, never to return. It inspired the 1975 film by Peter Weir and is described as a beguiling landmark of Australian literature.
Praise for “Picnic at Hanging Rock”
“In the seemingly limitless pantheon of gone-girl literature, Picnic at Hanging Rock might take the prize for best setting. . . . It’s a proto-Virgin Suicides, dreamy and haunting, animated by a sense of slightly sickening erotic mystery.”
“[This] cult novel—the first in a thriving genre of ‘gone girls’—continues to beguile . . . and will continue to haunt readers for generations to come.”
“Pure magic. Every fashion film and NYU undergraduate thesis takes its cues from this lyrical masterpiece. In college I tried to make a satirical remake entitled Lunchtime at Dangling Boulder, but all my actors slept too late.”
Book details
- Latest edition
- 2017 · ISBN 9780143132059
- ISBN
- 9780143132059
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | 2017 | 9780143132059 | Buy on Amazon |
| | Picnic at hanging rock | 2014 | 9780143126782 | Buy on Amazon |
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay has 204 pages.
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