Friends & Dark Shapes

Name: Friends & Dark Shapes
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781922330475
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By Kavita Bedford

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Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford is a poignant exploration of grief and identity, centred around a young woman navigating life in Sydney after the death of her father. Sharing a house with friends, she experiences the blend of communal living while reflecting on her multicultural heritage and searching for a sense of belonging amidst urban isolation. This novel delicately examines the complexities of contemporary life through intimate and reflective storytelling.
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If you enjoy exploring themes of identity, friendship, and the complexities of contemporary urban life, this novel offers a poignant and relatable journey through the experiences of a young woman navigating loss and cultural displacement in Sydney. Its lyrical prose and immersive storytelling capture the raw emotional landscape of finding one’s place in the world.

An exquisite examination of the contours of grief and contemporary life, from a fresh new Australian-Indian voice

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A group of friends moves into a share house in Redfern. They are all on the cusp of thirty and big life changes, navigating insecure employment and housing, second-generation identity, online dating, and social alienation—and one of them, our narrator, has just lost her father.

How do you inhabit a space where the landscape is shifting around you, when your sense of self is unravelling? What meaning does time have in the midst of grief?

Through emotionally rich vignettes tinged with humour, Friends & Dark Shapes sketches the contours of contemporary life. It is a novel of love and loss, of constancy and change. Most of all, it is about looking for connection in an estranged world.

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Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford is praised for its lyrical and tender exploration of grief and urban life. Critics commend its astute observations on modern adulthood and the vivid portrayal of Sydney, capturing both its beauty and struggles. The novel is noted for its compelling prose, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities faced by millennials, particularly those with immigrant backgrounds. Reviewers highlight Bedford's impressive debut, comparing her work to notable authors, and acknowledge her powerful narrative on loss and hope.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922330475

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Kavita Bedford is an Australian-Indian writer with a background in journalism, anthropology and literature. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, the Guardian and Griffith Review, and she was a recent Churchill Fellow exploring migrant narratives. She works and teaches in Sydney in media and global studies.