Home

Add to basket($24.95)

$24.95 – Paperback book / Spinifex Press / ISBN:9781876756840

My Sister Chaos

You will not elude me. I will measure your every dimension, I will trace your smallest lines. I will undo you from the inside. You will feel it like waves running across your floorboards, you will feel it like water rising through your walls, you will feel it like a sudden disorientation, you will wonder what happened to your foundations.

An obsessive-compulsive cartographer trapped in the mapping of her own house. A painter turned codebreaker trying to find the lover she lost in the war. Two sisters on a collision course.

In My Sister Chaos two sisters escape an unnamed war-torn country into separate lives of exile. The cartographer is obsessed with keeping the world in order, but finds it unraveling under her own demands. Her sister, an artist, arrives unexpectedly. Her very presence is a sign of chaos for the cartographer. But in spite of this, the sister has a firm grip on the real world, and a greater connection to the past.

Chaos and order in tension provide the scaffolding for this compelling work of fiction. Presented within a world of obsession and trauma it asks whether any of us is immune to the forces of destruction.

Where Can I Get It?

Carlton In stock
Hawthorn On order
Malvern Not in stock
St Kilda In stock
State Library Not in stock
The Brain Centre Not in stock

In-stock items ship within Australia in 2-5 business days. Items that are currently not in-stock but are available can still be ordered. In-store availability is updated daily. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Add to a list

Fiction Recommendations

Dream Of Ding Village →

Yan Lianke

$32.95

Review

Blue Skies →

Helen Hodgman

$29.95

Review

One Foot In Eden →

Ron Rash

$29.95

Review

Bright And Distant Shores →

Dominic Smith

$29.99

Review

This Too Shall Pass →

S.J. Finn

$27.95

Review

The Summer Without Men →

Siri Hustvedt

$25.00

Review

New Books from Small Presses

The Sleepers Almanac No 6
Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn (Eds)

$24.95 – Paperback book / Sleepers Publishing

The annual Sleepers Almanac continues to be the must-have for indie Gen-Y kids - the over-educated bunch who need a short, sharp fix of top-quality fiction.

When Cate Kennedy spoke at the opening night of the Wheeler Cen... Buy or find out more 


Marvellous Melbourne And Me
Bruce McBrien

$39.95 – Hardcover book / Melbourne Books

A rare glimpse into Melbourne of the 20th Century.

Bruce McBrien has enjoyed a virtual love affair with Melbourne and its environs almost since the day he was born.

His family’s social standing gave Bruce a rare perspect... Buy or find out more 



Melbourne Remade: The Inner City Since The 70s
Seamus O'Hanlon

$20.00 – Paperback book / Arcade

Taking up where Making Modern Melbourne left off, Melbourne Remade charts the social and cultural consequences of globalisation, the rise and rise of postmodern monoliths, and the recent resurgence of the CBD as a place ... Buy or find out more 


My Sister Chaos
Lara Fergus

$24.95 – Paperback book / Spinifex Press

You will not elude me. I will measure your every dimension, I will trace your smallest lines. I will undo you from the inside. You will feel it like waves running across your floorboards, you will feel it like water risi... Buy or find out more 




Copyright © 2012 Readings Pty Ltd. | Site designed and developed by Inventive Labs.