Julia Paradise
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Julia Paradise
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He would relive for a long time everything she said to him in the room at the mission. He would recall the way her voice had grown thicker and thicker, and how her head had begun to hang to one side from the exhaustion of her telling, and how he made himself face the photograph of the dead child...
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Shanghai in 1927 is hot, teeming and mysterious. Kenneth Ayres, a psychologist and general disciple of Freud, is an anonymous expatriate treating the lonely wives and daughters of British colonials.
When Julia Paradise, the wife of an Australian missionary, is sent to him for psychoanalysis, he is seduced into her world, a kaleidoscope of incestuous eroticism and grotesque hallucinations. But Ayres hides an even darker secret.
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Julia Paradise by Rod Jones is praised for its originality and marked as a powerful debut. Reviewers highlight its crisp clarity in writing about complex and intangible themes, and the novel's ability to balance detachment with passion. The use of lush, erotic imagery and a nuanced handling of motifs are also noted as standout features.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781922147127
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 June 2013
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 121g
Pages: 140
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