Red Dirt
『Red Dirt』は、オーストラリアへ渡った若いアイルランド人たちの崩壊と暴力を描く。過酷な環境の中で、責任と自己破壊が徐々に浮かび上がる。
作品情報
異郷の荒野で、選択の代償がむき出しになる。
『Red Dirt』は、地方コミュニティに生きる人物たちの暗い秘密や暴力の痕跡を描く重厚なデビュー作。過去の出来事が現在の人々の関係に影を落とす様を緊張感をもって描写する。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Head of Zeus
- 発売日
- 2017-09-01
- ページ数
- 323ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781784974626
- ISBN-10
- 1784974625
- 価格
- 5402 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 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.
レビュー
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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
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