Black Rock White City - Rilegato

Patric, A. S.

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ISBN 10: 1612196837 ISBN 13: 9781612196831

Casa editrice: Melville House, 2017

Riassunto

Winner of the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award

A powerful debut novel about two refugees starting over after losing everything

Jovan and Suzana have fled war-torn Sarajevo. They have lost their children, their standing as public intellectuals, and their connection to each other. Now working as cleaners in a suburb of Melbourne, they struggle to rebuild their lives under the painful hardships of immigrant life.

During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan's janitorial work at a hospital is disrupted by mysterious acts of vandalism. But as the attacks become more violent and racially charged, he feels increasingly targeted, and taunted to interpret their meaning. Under tremendous pressure the couple struggle to keep their marriage together, but fear that they may never find peace from the ravages of war . . .

Black Rock White City is an essential story of displacement and immediate threat—the new reality of suburban life—and the deeply personal responses of two refugees seeking redemption.

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Recensione

-A bold, mature and compassionate novel, and I couldn't put it down.-
--Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap
-Patric is a masterful writer . . . I will carry this book on and on.-
--Ashley Hay, The Australian
-Formally rigorous and emotionally powerful, [Patric's] new novel can only add to his stature as one of the most fascinating writers in this part of the world-
--Owen Richardson, Sidney Morning Herald
-A fresh and powerful exploration of the immigrant experience and Australian life, Black Rock White City explores the damages of war, the constraints of choice, the possibility of redemptive love and social isolation amid suburbia.-
--Miles Franklin Literary Award citation

"A bold, mature and compassionate novel, and I couldn't put it down."
--Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap
"Patric is a masterful writer . . . I will carry this book on and on."
--Ashley Hay, The Australian
"Formally rigorous and emotionally powerful, [Patric's] new novel can only add to his stature as one of the most fascinating writers in this part of the world"
--Owen Richardson, Sidney Morning Herald
"A fresh and powerful exploration of the immigrant experience and Australian life, Black Rock White City explores the damages of war, the constraints of choice, the possibility of redemptive love and social isolation amid suburbia."
--Miles Franklin Literary Award citation

"A disturbing, eerie inquiry into the power of language, the price of exile and the cost of survival. A.S. Patric's debut novel is haunting and haunted, but above all, humane."
--Geraldine Brooks

"Dark, confronting, but also intensely lyrical. A powerful account of the compulsions and traumas that haunt the suburbs of 21st century living."
--David Malouf

"A bold, mature and compassionate novel, and I couldn't put it down."
--Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap

"Patric is a masterful writer . . . I will carry this book on and on."
--Ashley Hay, The Australian

"Formally rigorous and emotionally powerful, [Patric's] new novel can only add to his stature as one of the most fascinating writers in this part of the world"
--Owen Richardson, Sidney Morning Herald

"A fresh and powerful exploration of the immigrant experience and Australian life, Black Rock White City explores the damages of war, the constraints of choice, the possibility of redemptive love and social isolation amid suburbia."
--Miles Franklin Literary Award citation

L'autore

A.S. Patrić is a bookseller in Melbourne, Australia. His short story collection Las Vegas for Vegans was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. His debut novel, Black Rock White City, won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia’s premier literary prize. He was born in Zemun, Serbia, and emigrated to Australia as a child.

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• Editore: Melville House
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1612196837
• ISBN 13: 9781612196831
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240