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ISINGLASS

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title ISINGLASS
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martin Edmond
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:250
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781760800116
ClassificationsDewey:A823.4
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher UWA Publishing
Imprint UWA Publishing
Publication Date 1 February 2019
Publication Country Australia

Description

He did this amazing wall painting, this mural...It was a city, a Paul Klee or a Max Ernst city, a city of the mind perhaps, or of antiquity. A dream city. It was a wonderful thing. It took a few days and nights to do, beautiful days and nights. All the other men who lived in the donga watched it come clear. They loved it. And then other men in the camp heard about it too and came to look. An unknown man comes ashore at a remote beach on the New South Wales coast. He is taken into detention and sent, ultimately, to Darwin. His captors call him Thursday after the day upon which he was found. Thursday doesn't speak, but instead paints an enigmatic mural on the wall of his donga in the detention centre. It is a city, a dream city, and when he finishes he says a single word: Isinglass. This latest offering from author Martin Edmond is a beautifully written portrayal of the shameful practices of the Australian gulag archipelago, and a compelling story of a man adrift in an unkind world.

Author Biography

Martin Edmond has written feature films and books, including Chronicle of the Unsung (2004), which won the Biography category at the 2005 Montana Book Awards, and Dark Night - Walking with McCahon (2011), which was shortlisted for the 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. He won New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Non-fiction in 2013 and was awarded the Michael King Fellowship in 2015.

Reviews

'He did this amazing wall painting, this mural...It was a city, a Paul Klee or a Max Ernst city, a city of the mind perhaps, or of antiquity. A dream city. It was a wonderful thing. It took a few days and nights to do, beautiful days and nights. All the other men who lived in the donga watched it come clear. They loved it. And then other men in the camp heard about it too and came to look.'