In 'Monkey Grip', Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs.
"In 'Monkey Grip', Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs."@en
"Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. The harder they pull away, the tighter the monkey grip."@en
""Monkey Grip" est une expression qui désigne l'accoutumance, l'impossibilité de rompre. Elle s'applique aussi bien à Javo, jeune drogué désoeuvré, qu'à Nora qui l'aime sans pouvoir s'en détacher, et qui cherche à travers ce récit à démonter l'engrenage de cette dépendance."
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