{"product_id":"9781920882952","title":"Street to Street","description":"Author: Brian Castro\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781920882952\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStreet to Street\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Brian Castro's best books yet, a comic-tragic enactment of the anxieties of the writing life, in which the early twentieth-century Sydney poet Christopher Brennan plays a major role. A legendary figure, with a commanding knowledge of classical and European poetry, Brennan wrote some of the most powerful poems in Australian literature. He died an impoverished alcoholic at the age of sixty-one. Castro's double portrait of the poet and his biographer, the writer-academic Brendan Costa, plays on the disappointment, the guilt, the lack of recognition, which troubles those who live by their imaginations. The novella is the perfect form for Castro's purpose, its compression heightening the wit and energy of his prose, and his remarkable feel for the embarrassments of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStreet to Street\u003c\/i\u003e has been long listed for the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.milesfranklin.com.au\/2013\/2013_longlist\"\u003eMiles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861490520222,"sku":"ADS-9781920882952","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781920882952.jpg?v=1779252724","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781920882952","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}