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Christos Tsiolkas - Dead Europe (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
From the international bestselling and Booker Prize nominated author of The Slap comes a blazingly brilliant novel.
Winner of the 2006 Age Fiction Prize.
Winner of the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award.
Part long-forgotten myth, part meditation on the violence and tragedy of contemporary Europe, Dead Europe is an unsettling story about blood lust and blood revenge; a novel of blazing brilliance from the acclaimed author of The Slap.
Isaac, a young Australian photographer, is travelling through Europe. His whole life he has longed for the sophistication and wealth of the Europe of his father's stories, the Europe at the centre of civilization and culture.
But behind the facade of a unified and globalized contemporary society, he finds a history-blasted wasteland, a place forever condemned by the ghosts of its unspeakable past. In the mountain village in the Balkans where his mother was born, he unearths ancient terrors that have not been laid to rest, and perhaps never can be.
Details
- Format : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2005 (This Edition 2015 - Atlantic Books)
- ISBN : 9780857891228
- SKU : B004021
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Dead Europe sets sharp realism against folk tale and fable, a world of hauntings and curses against a fiercely political portrait of a society. The energy in the writing, the pure fire in the narrative voice and the fearlessness of the tone make the novel immensely readable, as well as fascinating and original, and establish Christos Tsiolkas in the first rank of contemporary novelists.' - Colm Toibin.
'A novel of the most astonishing and disturbing eloquence . . . shocking but beautiful.' - David Marr, Sydney Morning Herald.
'Breathtakingly good. One of Tsiolkas's strengths is the ability to reveal gentleness lying where none might be expected. his prose is achingly tender and beautiful.' - Ian Syson, The Age.
'Brilliant . . . unsettling. It can shake you out of complacency, it can make you search your own soul to discover what's lurking there and what you really believe. And it can radically alter your view of the world. This blasphemous, disturbing, in-your-face book does all three.' - Sara Dowse, Canberra Times.
AI Summary
Christos Tsiolkas's Dead Europe is a gripping exploration of identity, family secrets, and cultural dislocation. Set between Australia and Europe, this compelling narrative delves into the complexities of heritage and personal history through a haunting journey that challenges perceptions and uncovers unsettling truths. Richly atmospheric and emotionally intense, the novel offers a profound meditation on the shadows of the past and their impact on the present.
The Author
Christos Tsiolkas is the author of nine novels: Loaded, which was made into the feature film Head-On, The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. He won Overall Best Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, long listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and won the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal for The Slap, which was also announced as the 2009 Australian Booksellers Association and Australian Book Industry Awards Books of the Year. Barracuda was his fifth novel. Merciless Gods (2014) and Damascus (2019) followed. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.
Featured Author . . . Christos Tsiolkas
