Animal People: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional

Description: Animal People by Charlotte Wood The hilarious, tender and heartbreaking story of a watershed day in the life of Stephen - aimless, unhappy and unfulfilled, this stiflingly hot December day is the day he has decided to dump his girlfriend. A sharply observed, 24-hour urban love story. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why I cant review Animal PeopleI read Charlotte Woods novel Animal People twice. I think its one of the best contemporary novels I have read. But I cannot review it. I tried a number of times and failed each time. I only recently realised why this is. I dont want to review Animal People. I want to recommend it.I felt I had been dismantled, cleaned and reassembled by the novel. The novel did not change me. It reintroduced me to the important parts that make up who I am. And this is why I have had such difficulty writing about Animal People.To write a review is to accept that this book is like the last book I reviewed. That Charlotte Woods reason for writing is much like any other novelists reason for writing - to tell a story. Well I cant do that. I feel that Charlotte Wood is an artist, a thinker, an observer, a chronicler, a radical whose work has great value above and beyond the standardised judgements of our day. Wood is writing literature of the kind which hopes to hit upon universal truths using only the simplest and most delicate tools.Animal People is not a long novel. It follows one man as he makes his way through a single day. But even so, within these pages Wood examines some of the loudest issues of our time -- terrorism, materialism, social inequality, social welfare, animal cruelty, isolation-and the quietest -- love, despair, commitment, loneliness, honesty. In brief, her little novel stalks the greatest of subjects, the human condition. How we live, how we love and how we communicate. And she does so with prose that is spare, considered, beautiful and graceful . Who can I recommend Animal People to? The answer is -- You.So, let me end by saying -- I really recommend that you read Animal People.John Purcell, Booktopia Author Biography The Australian newspaper has described Charlotte Wood as one of our most original and provocative writers. She is the author of six novels and two books of non-fiction. Her bestselling novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the 2016 Stella Prize, the Indie Book of the Year and Indie Book Award for Fiction, was joint winner of the Prime Ministers Literary Award for Fiction, and was published throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. She has been twice shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, as well as many others for this and previous works. Her non-fiction books include The Writers Room, a collection of interviews with authors about the creative process, and Love & Hunger, a book about cooking. She lives in Sydney with her husband. Prizes Winner of NSW Premiers Literary Awards - Peoples Choice Award 2013 (Australia) Short-listed for NSW Premiers Literary Awards - Christina Stead Prize 2013 (Australia) Short-listed for Nita B. Kibble Award 2012 (Australia) Long-listed for Miles Franlin Literary Award 2012 (Australia) Long Description Why I cant review Animal People I read Charlotte Woods novel Animal People twice. I think its one of the best contemporary novels I have read. But I cannot review it. I tried a number of times and failed each time. I only recently realised why this is. I dont want to review Animal People . I want to recommend it. I felt I had been dismantled, cleaned and reassembled by the novel. The novel did not change me. It reintroduced me to the important parts that make up who I am. And this is why I have had such difficulty writing about Animal People . To write a review is to accept that this book is like the last book I reviewed. That Charlotte Woods reason for writing is much like any other novelists reason for writing - to tell a story. Well I cant do that. I feel that Charlotte Wood is an artist, a thinker, an observer, a chronicler, a radical whose work has great value above and beyond the standardised judgements of our day. Wood is writing literature of the kind which hopes to hit upon universal truths using only the simplest and most delicate tools. Animal People is not a long novel. It follows one man as he makes his way through a single day. But even so, within these pages Wood examines some of the loudest issues of our time -- terrorism, materialism, social inequality, social welfare, animal cruelty, isolation-and the quietest -- love, despair, commitment, loneliness, honesty. In brief, her little novel stalks the greatest of subjects, the human condition. How we live, how we love and how we communicate. And she does so with prose that is spare, considered, beautiful and graceful . Who can I recommend Animal People to? The answer is -- You. So, let me end by saying -- I really recommend that you read Animal People . John Purcell, Booktopia Details ISBN1743311842 Author Charlotte Wood Publisher Allen & Unwin Year 2012 ISBN-10 1743311842 ISBN-13 9781743311844 Format Paperback Imprint Allen & Unwin Place of Publication Sydney Country of Publication Australia DEWEY A823.3 Pages 280 Publication Date 2012-10-01 Language English Media Book AU Release Date 2012-10-01 Audience General NZ Release Date 2012-09-30 Subtitle From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44390938;

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