Book description
Each house, like each place, has its own topography, its own lore. A
complex history comes down to us, through household jokes and
anecdotes, odd family habits, and irrational superstitions, that
forever shapes what we see and the way in which we see it.
Beginning with his childhood home, David Malouf moves on to show
other landmarks in his life, and the way places and things create our
private worlds. Written with humour and uncompromising intelligence,
12 Edmondstone Street is an unforgettable portrait of one
man's life.
Malouf's perceptions are deep and his use of language quite wonderful
-- Ian Buruma David Malouf is an internationally acclaimed author. His
books include the novels
The Great World
(winner of the Commonwealth Writers' prize and the Prix Femina Ã
tranger),
Remembering Babylon
(shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the IMPAC Dublin
Literary Award),
An Imaginary Life
,
Conversations at Curlow Creek,
and his latest,
Ransom
(winner of the Criticos Prize), the short story collections
Dream Stuff
('These stories are pearls'
Spectator
), and
Every Move You Make
('Rare and luminous talent'
Guardian
), and his autobiographical classic
12 Edmondstone Street.
His
Collected Stories
won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award. In 2008 Malouf was the
Scottish Arts' Council Muriel Spark International Fellow. Born in 1934
in Brisbane, he now lives in Sydney.
