Animal People

Charlotte Wood

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Allen & Unwin
01 October 2012

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Stephen is not an animal person. He's allergic to them. Nor can he understand how people treat animals better than humans. In fact, on this one stifling summer's day, Stephen can't understand anything about the world, or even himself. Why does he want to escape the one woman who truly loves him and who accepts him unquestioningly? I loved this novel - its cutting and incisive look at contemporary city life, its flawed and believable characters, and its clear-eyed prose. Lindy

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Charlotte Wood takes a character from her bestselling book The Children and turns her unflinching gaze on him and his world in Animal People. Set in Sydney over a single day, Animal People traces a watershed day in the life of Stephen, aimless, unhappy, unfulfilled - and without a clue as to how to make his life better. His dead-end job, his demanding family, his oppressive feelings for Fiona and the pitiless city itself...the great weight of it all threatens to come crashing down on him. The day will bring untold surprises and disasters, but will also show him - perhaps too late - that only love can set him free. Sharply observed, hilarious, tender and heartbreaking, Animal People is a portrait of urban life, a meditation on the conflicted nature of human-animal relationships, and a masterpiece of storytelling.

By: Charlotte Wood
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9781743311844
ISBN 10: 1743311842
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2012
Recommended Age: From
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charlotte Wood has been described as 'one of the most intelligent and compassionate novelists in Australia' (The Age), and 'one of our finest and most chameleonic writers' (The Australian). Her latest work, Love & Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food, is a book of contemplations on cooking. Her fourth novel, Animal People, was released in late 2011 to critical acclaim and was long-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her earlier novels, the bestseller The Children, The Submerged Cathedral and Pieces of a Girl were shortlisted for various prize including the Miles Franklin Award and regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Long-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012.
Long-listed for Miles Franlin Literary Award 2012 (Australia)
Short-listed for Nita B. Kibble Award 2012 (Australia)
Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Christina Stead Prize 2013 (Australia)
Shortlisted for Nita B. Kibble Award 2012.
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award People's Choice for Fiction 2013.

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Animal People

Charlotte Wood

$23.99

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