An architect exiled from China meets an Australian woman writer who is terminally ill. He tells her traditional Chinese stories as a way of overcoming time/mortality, and of coming to terms with his own difficult past.
For a book which takes loneliness and death for its themes, After China has unexpected reserves of warmth, affection and humour. Insisting on the erotic, it is surprisingly delicate, restrained and chaste. And for a work of such diverse and eclectic reference it is rewardingly resonant and interconnected. The whole novel is thus a brilliant feat of balance.
Brian Castro
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$22.00 – Trade paperback / Univ Queensland Pr
Brian Castro has won the Australian Vogel award, two state Premier's awards and the Age Fiction Prize for his novels. These essays chart his twenty-year career as a published writer, spanning a period of turmoil and anxi... Buy or find out more →
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$24.95 – Paperback book / Wakefield Press
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Shanghai Dancing
$29.95 – Paperback book / Giramonndo
Shanghai Dancing challenges our expectations of storytelling. Beautifully and eloquently written, Castro takes as his inspiration his own family history which encompasses a global migration from the 17th century to prese... Buy or find out more →
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$27.95 – Paperback book / Giramonndo
Set in the Dandenongs after the Depression, Castro’s sublime new novel revolves around Swan Hay, a Chinese-Australian married to Darcy Damon. She writes poems on leaves, and becomes a celebrated literary figure while rem... Buy or find out more →
After China
$24.95 – Paperback book /
An architect exiled from China meets an Australian woman writer who is terminally ill. He tells her traditional Chinese stories as a way of overcoming time/mortality, and of coming to terms with his own difficult past.
F... Buy or find out more →
The Bath Fugues
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Giramondo Publishing
From one if Australia's most lauded writers, comes a wonderfully wrought work, melding intrigue, romance, comedy and deception, taking the form of three interwoven novellas. Castro has won nearly every Australian literar... Buy or find out more →