On Peter Carey

Writers on Writers

Sarah Krasnostein

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Black Inc
06 June 2023

Biography: literary; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

Exploring dislocation and longing, Sarah Krasnostein dives into Peter Carey's literary tour de force, True History of the Kelly Gang, in this latest offering from the stunning Writers on Writers essay series.

Award-winning writer Sarah Krasnostein shines new light on the impossibly vulnerable Ned Kelly of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. Carey, who moved from Australia to America, conjured Kelly after seeing Sidney Nolan's paintings of the bushranger at the Met. In this moving essay Krasnostein, who moved from America to Australia, interrogates notions of home, history, distance and identity in Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel.

In the Writers on Writers series, leading writers reflect on another Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work.

Published by Black Inc. in association with the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria.

By: Sarah Krasnostein
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 187mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 216g
ISBN: 9781760643904
ISBN 10: 1760643904
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 06 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Krasnostein is the multi-award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, The Believer, the Quarterly Essay Not Waving, Drowning. She is a regular contributor to The Saturday Paper and The Monthly, and was awarded the 2022 Pascall Prize for arts criticism. She holds a doctorate in criminal law. Her forthcoming book is On Peter Carey.