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Animal People

Charlotte Wood

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Animal People

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He could not find one single more word to say. I just want to be free. He could not say those words. They had already withered in his mind, turned to dust. He did not even know, he marvelled now, what the hell those words had meant. Charlotte Wood takes a character from her bestselling book The Children and turns her unflinching gaze on him and his world in Animal People. Set in Sydney over a single day, Animal People traces a watershed day in the life of Stephen, aimless, unhappy, unfulfilled - and without a clue as to how to make his life better. His dead-end job, his demanding family, his oppressive feelings for Fiona and the pitiless city itself...the great weight of it all threatens to come crashing down on him. The day will bring untold surprises and disasters, but will also show him - perhaps too late - that only love can set him free. Sharply observed, hilarious, tender and heartbreaking, Animal People is a portrait of urban life, a meditation on the conflicted nature of human-animal relationships, and a masterpiece of storytelling.

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ISBN:: 9781742376851
Category:: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Format:: Paperback
Publication Date:: 2011-10-01
Publisher:: ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:: Australia
Pages:: 272
Dimensions (mm):: 243x153mm
Weight:: 325g

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Its a Jungle Out There

Reviewed by The Postit Bandit | see all reviews by The Postit Bandit

20/04/2012

This is the story of one very long day in the life of Stephen, a man whose life appears to be going nowhere.

To most of the people he encounters in this one day he is a pathetic loser and I must admit I was wondering why I was turning page after page following him from one disappointing and depressing experience to another. Then before I knew it, I was crying on the tram with the ending.

Stephen may be a bit messed up, but he's a decent sort and probably the only sane animal in the book!
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