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The Resource The strays : a novel, Emily Bitto

The strays : a novel, Emily Bitto

Label
The strays : a novel
Title
The strays
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Emily Bitto
Creator
Author
Setting
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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 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 it's not Evan, but his daughters, who pay the price for his radicalism. An engrossing story of ambitions, sacrifice, and compromised loyalties. --
Assigning source
from Affirm Press
Awards note
Stella Prize, 2015
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bitto, Emily,
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Children of artists
  • Communal living
  • Ambition
  • Dysfunctional families
  • FICTION / Coming of Age
  • FICTION / Historical
  • Coming of age
  • Ambition
  • Communal living
  • Ambition
  • Children of artists
  • Communal living
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Australia,
  • Australia
  • Australia
Label
The strays : a novel, Emily Bitto
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2014"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
949219241
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First U.S. hardcover edition
Extent
240 pages
Isbn
9781455537723
Lccn
2016944112
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)949219241
Label
The strays : a novel, Emily Bitto
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2014"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
949219241
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First U.S. hardcover edition
Extent
240 pages
Isbn
9781455537723
Lccn
2016944112
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)949219241

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