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Rhubarb

Rhubarb 1

by Craig Silvey
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/04/2009
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Meet Eleanor Rigby- tiny, blind and left behind. Led by her zealous, overprotective guide dog, Warren, she courses constantly through the places she knows. Tired, mired and sequestered from the world, Eleanor can't shirk the feeling she's going nowhere slowly. Until, of course, she recognises something in the sound of Ewan Dempsey, reclusive and compulsive maker and player of cellos, who impels in Eleanor a rare moment of caprice . . .
ISBN:
9781921361494
9781921361494
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-04-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
199x130x16mm
Weight:
0.3kg
Craig Silvey

Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup Western Australia. He now lives in Fremantle, where at the age of 19 he wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, published by Fremantle Press in 2004.

In 2005, Rhubarb was chosen as the 'One Book' for the Perth International Writers' Festival, and was included in the national Books Alive campaign.

Silvey also received a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award. In 2007, Silvey released The World According To Warren, a picture book affectionately starring the guide-dog from Rhubarb.

His second novel, Jasper Jones, was completed with the aid of an Australia Council New Work Grant. Outside of literature, Silvey is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes!

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Rhubarb is Craig Silveys first full-length novel. The main characters are the quirky Eleanor Rigby, a petite blind 21 year-old who lives with her reclusive mother, Estelle; and the equally reclusive Ewan Dempsey, aged 23, agoraphobic, maker and player of cellos. Eleanor is ably led by her guide dog Warren (who wishes he had a better name than a habitat for rabbits). Warren guides her by day and guards her by night, but cant guide her in her Dreams. Eleanor is always on the move through the places she knows, but feels shes going nowhere. One day, however, she hears Ewan Dempsey playing his cello on his front verandah (its almost Christmas, its Fremantle, its hot inside) and is drawn to the sound. Of course, Ewan withdraws and Eleanor has to take the initiative just to talk to him. This is a meeting of two people damaged by their past, who manage to connect and save each other. This novel is filled with genuine characters, clever dialogue, humour and even a bit of slapstick, as well as some elegant prose: The hazy fur of drygrass along the hills, quilted with dull granite and foliage.; To the east, the moon is out with a herd of early stars. As though they have crept from the ether to watch the sunset. The running together of words and the Capitalisation of Significant Words is vaguely reminiscent of Rushdie. A joy to read.

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