A spellbinding coming-of-age story about the cost of dreams, war and human violence on the natural world, from the twice-Miles Franklin Award-listed rising star of Australian fiction. [Bokinfo].
Robbie Arnott Boeken
Robbie Arnott duikt met een uitgesproken stilistische gevoeligheid diep in diepgaande menselijke thema's. Zijn werk kenmerkt zich door zijn opmerkelijke taal en het vermogen om lezers onder te dompelen in rijke, suggestieve werelden. Arnott onderzoekt de complexiteit van menselijke verbindingen en de menselijke conditie in het algemeen. Zijn proza is zowel boeiend als inzichtelijk, wat hem tot een belangrijke hedendaagse stem maakt.
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A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, Charlotte who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman named Karl hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire. The answers to these riddles are to be found in this tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island that takes us full circle.
Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting and trading - and forgetting. But when a young soldier comes to the mountains in search of a legendary creature, Ren is inexorably drawn into an impossible mission. As their lives entwine, unravel and erupt - as myth merges with reality - both Ren and the soldier are forced to confront what they regret, what they love, and what they fear.
In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into this wild, haunted country, they discover there's far more to the land and people of the highlands than they imagined. And as they close in on their prey, they're forced to reckon with conflicts both ancient and deeply personal.
