The Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus is a 1980 novel written by Australian author Shirley Hazzard. It won the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award.[1]

For the astronomical phenomenon, see Transit of Venus. For other uses, see Transit of Venus (disambiguation).

The Transit of Venus

First edition
Author	Shirley Hazzard
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	1980
Media type	Print
Pages	352 (first edition)
ISBN	9780140107470 (first edition)

References

1. "A Look Back at Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus". National Book Critics Circle. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

General references

• McClatchy, J.D. (Spring 2005). "Shirley Hazzard, The Art of Fiction No. 185". The Paris Review. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Wood, Charlotte (21 April 2015). "Across the face of the sun". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• de Kretser, Michelle (8 March 2013). "Book of a lifetime: The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Friend, Tad (12 December 2011). "The Year in Reading: Shirley Hazzard's "The Transit of Venus"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Robinson, Roxana (15 September 2013). "Love Story Electrifies Beneath The Silhouette 'Of Venus'". NPR. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Banville, John (12 October 2003). "Venus in Transit". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Loercher, Diana (10 March 1980). "Characters like planets in orbits around the sun". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• "The Transit of Venus". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 1980. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
• Wieland, James (1983). "'Antipodean Eyes': Ways of Seeing in Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus". Kunapipi. 5 (2): 36–49. Retrieved 23 October 2016.