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Title: The Strays
Author: Emily Bitto
Narrator: Vanessa Coffey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-18-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Winner of the 2015 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Literary Award Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript 2013, the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2015, the Dobbie Literary Award 2015, and the NSW Premiers UTA Glenda Adams Award 2015. Longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Prize 2015.
On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work at their family home.
Lily becomes infatuated with this wild, makeshift family and longs to truly be a part of it. As the years pass, Lily observes the way the lives of these artists come to reflect the same themes as their art: Faustian bargains and spectacular falls from grace. Yet its not Evan but his own daughters who pay the price for his radicalism.
The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting new talent.
Critic Reviews:
"Treating this novel as a historical fiction risks missing some of its breadth of insight. The Strays is an eloquent portrayal of the damage caused by self-absorption as well as a moving study of isolation." (The Saturday Age)
"Bitto writes beautifully, her prose supple and satisfying, her insights and extended metaphors worth lingering over. Of particular note are her characters perceptive comments on art and her visceral understanding of the only childs ever-unrequited hunger for inclusion - an inclusion that always falls short of the familial, however vexed or careless that familial connection may appear." (The Adelaide Advertiser)
"Emily Bitto has written a very stylish and enjoyable debut novel." (The Sunday Mail)
Members Reviews:
Really good read
One of the better Australian novels that I have read recently. An interesting story with memorable characters and well written. This will be my next recommendation at Book Club as I cant wait to discuss it with other like minded people. Highly recommended
Excellent
Wonderfully engaging. Bitto is a true master of her craft. Her prose is astonishing.
This story is imbued with every element, every deep emotion, and I couldn't put it down.
Good
Haven't read this yet. Good sale
This is a writer with a great style. I think it's her first novel and ...
This is a writer with a great style. I think it's her first novel and Iook forward to reading her next work. In my opinion she needs time to evolve in terms of depth. I did enjoy the book, but wanted more.
Deserving of the Stella Prize.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book.
The era it is set in, the Art movement at the time and the way that the novel portrayed the avant garde bohemian lifestyle of the characters made for fascinating reading. It was also very thought provoking - as it studies what takes place when social mores are flaunted.
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Title: The Strays
Author: Emily Bitto
Narrator: Vanessa Coffey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-18-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Winner of the 2015 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Literary Award Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript 2013, the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2015, the Dobbie Literary Award 2015, and the NSW Premiers UTA Glenda Adams Award 2015. Longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Prize 2015.
On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work at their family home.
Lily becomes infatuated with this wild, makeshift family and longs to truly be a part of it. As the years pass, Lily observes the way the lives of these artists come to reflect the same themes as their art: Faustian bargains and spectacular falls from grace. Yet its not Evan but his own daughters who pay the price for his radicalism.
The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting new talent.
Critic Reviews:
"Treating this novel as a historical fiction risks missing some of its breadth of insight. The Strays is an eloquent portrayal of the damage caused by self-absorption as well as a moving study of isolation." (The Saturday Age)
"Bitto writes beautifully, her prose supple and satisfying, her insights and extended metaphors worth lingering over. Of particular note are her characters perceptive comments on art and her visceral understanding of the only childs ever-unrequited hunger for inclusion - an inclusion that always falls short of the familial, however vexed or careless that familial connection may appear." (The Adelaide Advertiser)
"Emily Bitto has written a very stylish and enjoyable debut novel." (The Sunday Mail)
Members Reviews:
Really good read
One of the better Australian novels that I have read recently. An interesting story with memorable characters and well written. This will be my next recommendation at Book Club as I cant wait to discuss it with other like minded people. Highly recommended
Excellent
Wonderfully engaging. Bitto is a true master of her craft. Her prose is astonishing.
This story is imbued with every element, every deep emotion, and I couldn't put it down.
Good
Haven't read this yet. Good sale
This is a writer with a great style. I think it's her first novel and ...
This is a writer with a great style. I think it's her first novel and Iook forward to reading her next work. In my opinion she needs time to evolve in terms of depth. I did enjoy the book, but wanted more.
Deserving of the Stella Prize.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book.
The era it is set in, the Art movement at the time and the way that the novel portrayed the avant garde bohemian lifestyle of the characters made for fascinating reading. It was also very thought provoking - as it studies what takes place when social mores are flaunted.