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The Degenerates

by Raeden Richardson
RM53.00 MYR
The Degenerates
The Degenerates

Melbourne through four lives on the margins

Four interwoven lives span India, Australia and the United States. Propulsive prose animates Melbourne’s streets, shopping centres and laneways. Vital and humorous, the novel confronts loneliness, departure and displacement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Degenerates

by Raeden Richardson
RM53.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781923058040
Author: Raeden Richardson
Publisher: Text Publishing Company
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Literature, Race

Description

Following the interwoven lives of four characters across India, Australia and the United States, the novel takes root in Melbourne and brings its streets, shopping centres and laneways to life with astounding originality—the city may never be the same again.The Degenerates radiates with Titch’s fanaticism and Ginny’s obsessions. Somnath’s devastating history reflects every life divided around the globe. And Maha, the heart of the novel, is an extraordinary creation, an abiding figure of modern salvation. Brimming with vitality, humour, intelligence and brilliant writing, The Degenerates engages with the realities of modern loneliness and every form of departure—from our homes, from our families and even from life itself.In propulsive prose, The Degenerates summons the power of storytelling, disrupts conventional narratives and pays tribute to those lives often lost in the margins.
 

Melbourne through four lives on the margins

Four interwoven lives span India, Australia and the United States. Propulsive prose animates Melbourne’s streets, shopping centres and laneways. Vital and humorous, the novel confronts loneliness, departure and displacement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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