{"product_id":"9781923023161","title":"Beam of Light","description":"Author: John Kinsella\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923023161\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShifts in tone, setting and narration create a sense of the uncanny in \u003ci\u003eBeam of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Kinsella's haunting collection of stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man is disturbed by the sight of a familiar dining table and chairs atop an impending bonfire of bulldozed trees, a girl finds a fox skeleton and feels compelled to protect its spirit by dispersing its bones over the valley, a couple are invited to dinner by Christians new to town  an occasion that quickly turns heavy and strange, two men awkwardly meet again when their daughters attend the same ballet class, and a man and woman struggle to balance the threats of addiction and poverty with the joys and hopes of a new baby. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories range in location from Ireland to Germany to Greece to the Australian countryside  threatened by catastrophic heat, land clearing, housing estates and strip malls  and Kinsella's characters, so often on the edge, sear the consciousness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for John Kinsella's writing:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The stories never forget they were written on land with history; Aboriginal land that was stolen, and the blood that was shed, and the skin of colonisation over a deep past.'  Rachel Watts, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWesterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impressively skilful and incisively wise.'  Riley Faulds, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlumwood Mountain Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What they all have in common is depth of characterisation most commonly found in a full-length novel.'  Erich Mayer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArts Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867065143454,"sku":"ADS-9781923023161","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923023161.jpg?v=1779429127","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923023161","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}