The Paperbark Shoe
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781921361630 (1921361638)
Publish date: September 28th 2009
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
An interesting book I picked up on a whim from a shelf in my library. Beautifully and brutally written novel about displacement in the Australian outback during WWII. The narrator, Gin - an albino; her husband, Toad - an odd dwarf of a man with repressed homosexual urges; the Italian POW, Antonio ...
I picked this book up because 1) it takes place in Australia and all things Australia fascinate me; and 2) the premise sounded interesting yet different. Albino Gin Boyle is committed to an asylum by her step-father and marries the first guy who asks - some midget with zero personality who just happ...
Goldie Goldbloom crafts some striking and original prose, which earned her the 2008 AWP Prize for this novel. She can also be wickedly funny at the most unexpected moments in the narrative. Those moments when her humor sneaks up on you are welcome refreshment in this mostly sorrowful story. Simply p...
I picked up this book because 1) it's historical fiction, which I like, set in rural western Australia, which isn't a setting I see very much of and 2) the narrator has albinism, which is just cool. While it's a decent book, it didn't quite come together for me. Maybe I'm just not the right reader f...
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