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ID: 430605
Title: Flames
Author: Robbie Arnott
Narrator: Anna Skellern, Henry Nixon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:54:02
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-20
Publisher: Wavesound Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General
Summary:
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD BEST YOUNG AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST 2019
WINNER OF THE MARGARET SCOTT PRIZE 2019
In Robbie Arnott's widely acclaimed and much-loved first novel, a young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his sister, Charlottewho promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire.
The answers to these riddles are to be found in this tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island. Utterly original in conception, spellbinding in its descriptions of nature and celebration of language, Flames is one of the most exciting debuts of recent years.
A strange and joyous marvel.'
Richard Flanagan
Ambitious storytelling from a stunning new Australian voice. Flames is constantly surprisingI never knew where the story would take me next. This book has a lovely sense of wonder for the world. It's brimming with heart and compassion.'
Rohan Wilson
Robbie Arnott is a vivid and bold new voice in Australian fiction.'
Danielle Wood
Visionary, vivid, full of audacious transformations: there's a marvellous energy to this writing that returns the world to us aflame. A brilliant and wholly original debut.'
Gail Jones
Arnott skilfully switches between different voices and genres in a trick reminiscent of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. The range he displays is impressive, swinging from fable to gothic horror to hardboiled detective story.'
Books+Publishing
Flames is an exuberantly creative and confident debut. This is a story that sparks with inventionInvigorating, strange and occasionally brutal.'
Australian Book Review
This is the kind of book that you'll be able to read a second, third, even fourth time, and it will still never reveal all its secrets. Composed with meticulous attention to detail, and a mastery of form rarely found in a debut novel, Flames will keep you stewing long after you've finished reading it.'
Readings
A surprising story with a definite feminist edgethe novel's playfulness and poetry make for a fresh and entertaining read.'
Saturday Paper
Arnott confidently borrows from the genres of crime fiction, thriller, romance, comedy, eco-literature, and magical realism, throws them in the air, and lets the pieces land to form a flaming new world.' Sydney Morning Herald
This is a startlingly good first novel, stylistically adventurous, gorgeous in its descriptions and with a compelling narrative that should find a wide readership.' The Australian
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