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Scary Monsters : Winner of the 2023 Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize by MICHELLE DE. KRETSER is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"When my family emigrated it felt as if we'd been stood on our heads." Michelle de Kretser's electrifying take on scary monsters turns the novel upside down - just as migration has upended her characters' lives. "A reversible novel tells the stories of two Asian immigrants to Australia, one 40 years in the past and one in the future... De Kretser, one of our most deeply intelligent writers, offers a book that is wry and heartbreaking, playful and profound." - Kirkus ReviewsLili's family migrated to Australia from Asia when she was a teenager. Now, in the 1980s, she's teaching in the south of France. She makes friends, observes the treatment handed out to North African immigrants and is creeped out by her downstairs neighbour. All the while, Lili is striving to be A Bold, Intelligent Woman like Simone de Beauvoir. Lyle works for a sinister government department in near-future Australia. An Asian migrant, he fears repatriation and embraces 'Australian values'. He's also preoccupied by his ambitious wife, his wayward children and his strong-minded elderly mother. Islam has been banned in the country, the air is smoky from a Permanent Fire Zone, and one pandemic has already run its

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Author

MICHELLE DE. KRETSER

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781838953973

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction