Christos Tsiolkas Boeken

Iemand slaat op een barbecuefeest een kind dat niet het zijne is. Het kind was vervelend en de ouders bekommerden zich er niet om. Het voorval heeft een dramatisch effect op de aanwezigen, direct of indirect. Het dwingt hen allen na te denken over hun leefwijze, over hun verwachtingen en dromen, over hun idealen en verlangens. Tsiolkas schetst overtuigend de verschillende vormen van (samen)leven in de moderne tijd. Hierbij onderzoekt hij onze normen en waarden, die ieder voor zichzelf lijkt te bepalen.

A compelling contemporary love story between two middle-aged men, told with grace, heart and wisdom.

This title tells the story of one family, trapped between conflicting identities - while the parents were born Greek and Italian, the three sons, Dom, Tommy, and Louie, have grown up as Australians. Haunted by their history and increasingly unable to relate to each other, Tommy inexorably descends into a cycle of violence, pornography, and madness

A stunning, powerful new novel from the acclaimed author of The Slap and Barracuda.

Daniel Kelly, a talented young swimmer, has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the pool should drive him to fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But when he melts down at his first big international championship and comes only fifth, he begins to destroy everything he has fought for and turn on everyone around him.

Isaac is a young Australian photographer travelling through Europe in search of the old-world sophistication of his father's stories and dismayed at the homogenous and globalized contemporary society he encounters. However, as he moves from country to country, the facade is slowly stripped away, revealing a continent condemned by the ghosts of its unspeakable past. When Isaac reaches the Balkan village where his mother was born, he encounters ancient terrors not yet laid to rest.

An audacious and transformative novel on the past, the present and the power of writing from the award-winning author of Damascus.

Devatenáctiletý hrdina románu Loaded Ari nemá v úmyslu měnit svět. Má dost starostí sám se sebou. Nejenomže je potomkem řeckých emigrantů a na první pohled se odlišuje od většinové populace, ale je také gay, což ho odcizuje od jeho vlastního etnika. V melbournských barech a klubech sice Ari jen těžce hledá svou identitu a štve ho celý svět, ale v jednom má jasno: středem jeho zájmu jsou drogy, sex a rock & roll. Tsiolkasova kniha vychází z teoretických pozic tzv. queer studies, které jsou na západních univerzitách rozvíjeny jako obor od konce osmdesátých let.