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The Glass Canoe
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The Glass Canoe
The story of a man who sees life through his beer glass--his 'glass canoe'.
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On hot days we jumped fully clothed into our bottomless beer glasses and pushed off from shore without a backward look. Heading for the deep, where it was calm and cool.
Meat Man is a regular at the Southern Cross pub in Sydney. With his tribe, he sits and drinks and watches as life spirals around him. David Ireland's novel tells his stories, about the pub, its patrons and their women, and about the brutal, tender, and unexpected places his glass canoe takes him.
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The Glass Canoe by David Ireland is often praised for its vivid and raw depiction of Australian working-class life. Reviewers highlight the novel's unique narrative style and immersive storytelling, which captures the essence of pub culture. Some readers find the characters deeply compelling and the themes insightful, though others feel the story might appeal more profoundly to those familiar with such settings.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781921922411
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 April 2012
Country: Australia
Imprint: Text Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 274g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
David Ireland started out writing poetry and drama but then turned to fiction. His first novel, The Chantic Bird, was published in 1968. In the next decade he published five further novels, three of which won the Miles Franklin Award: The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, The Glass Canoe and A Woman of the Future. Ireland was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1981. In 1985 he received the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel Archimedes and the Seagull.
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