The story of a father and daughter, both touched by crippling illness.
Tag: Australian
Review: The House of Youssef by Yumna Kassab
I can’t say I enjoyed this book very much – it’s full of domestic tragedy – but I was impressed by its intensely claustrophobic mood.
Review: Blakwork by Alison Whittaker
Whittaker’s poetic language is urgent but timeless, vernacular but formally rigorous, totally unique.
The best books I’ve read 2019
In 2019 I gravitated to stories of radical, political change (can you blame me?), and there seemed to be a surplus available.
Review: Damascus by Christos Tsolkias
Caravaggio perfected painting people at the exact moment when dark gives way to light. In Damascus, Tsolkias achieves the same effect in words.
Review: Australia Day by Melanie Cheng
Australia Day is a revealing and uncomfortable diagnosis of Australia’s multicultural insecurities.
Review: The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
The old Lie, according to WWI poet Wilfred Owen, is that there is glory to be found in dying for one’s country. Claire G. Coleman’s new novel of the same title is a systematic demolishing of that lie.
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