Street to Street is one of Brian Castro's best books yet, a comic-tragic enactment of the anxieties of the writing life, in which the early twentieth-century Sydney poet Christopher Brennan plays a major role. A legendary figure, with a commanding knowledge of classical and European poetry, Brennan wrote some of the most powerful poems in Australian literature. He died an impoverished alcoholic at the age of sixty-one. Castro's double portrait of the poet and his biographer, the writer-academic Brendan Costa, plays on the disappointment, the guilt, the lack of recognition, which troubles those who live by their imaginations. The novella is the perfect form for Castro's purpose, its compression heightening the wit and energy of his prose, and his remarkable feel for the embarrassments of character.
Street to Street has been long listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
By:
Brian Castro Imprint: Giramondo Publishing Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 170mm,
Width: 150mm,
ISBN:9781920882952 ISBN 10: 1920882952 Pages: 160 Publication Date:01 October 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Long-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013
Long-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013.
