Red Dirt
Red Dirt follows young Irish migrants in Australia as collapse and violence overtake them. In harsh surroundings, responsibility and self-destruction gradually come to the surface.
Work Information
In a foreign wilderness, the cost of choice is laid bare.
Red Dirt is a weighty debut about dark secrets and traces of violence in a rural community. It renders with tension the way past events shadow present relationships.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Published
- 2017-09-01
- Pages
- 323 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781784974626
- ISBN-10
- 1784974625
- Price
- 5402 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Coming of Age
A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostel wild nights on cheap wine and grinding work on isolated farms. In this powerful novel about the discovery of responsibility, three young people—Fiona, Murph and Hopper—flee the collapse of their country's economy. In the heat and endless spaces of Australia they try to escape their past, but impulsive cruelty, shame and guilt drag them down, and it is easy to make terrible choices.
E.M. Reapy was listed for the PEN International: New Voices Award and was featured in The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers . E.M. Reapy has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen's University, Belfast. She was listed for the PEN International: New Voices Award and was featured in THE LONG GAZE BACK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF IRISH WOMEN WRITERS. E.M. Reapy has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen's University, Belfast. She was listed for the PEN International: New Voices Award and was featured in THE LONG GAZE BACK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF IRISH WOMEN WRITERS.
Reviews
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GREAT SUMMER READ
Raw and unadulterated stories of young Irish in Australia. This book takes you on a ride through Australia; capturing the essence of what a simultaneously wild, lonely, exciting and hard edged world we live in. The descriptions of partying and unraveling of some of the characters reminded me of Hunter S. Thompson's writing however feels fresher, a more elegant and subtle point of view. Fiona especially captured me, I could really empathise with that wandering and unshackled place she was in; felt like my mid twenties again. Other reviews spoke to plot so I'm not going to repeat; in essence this book is a perfect thought provoking adventure; great deep summer read.
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Not my favourite
Not my favourite. Too much drugs and party going on. Didn't like the characters or the way of writing the story.
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Three stories that all connect in the end
Picked up my first copy during a holiday in Dublin, and honestly this was the first book I've read cover to cover in a long time. I enjoyed it so much that I bought an additional copy to give as a gift.
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Before visiting Ireland for first time, I wanted to ...
Before visiting Ireland for first time, I wanted to read a piece of fiction currently popular there. I was surprised bey the setting (Australia) but soon came to understand the relevance t contemporary Irish society. Gripping and hard to put down.
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Five Stars
Fab story telling
Related Literary Awards
- Irish Book Awards Edition 14 (2016) ・Winner