About the Author: Craig Silvey
Craig Silvey is an Australian novelist and musician. Silvey grew up on an orchard at Dwellingup in the south-west of Western Australia. He currently lives in Fremantle.
His debut novel, Rhubarb, was published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press in 2004. In 2005 Silvey was named as one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists. Rhubarb was selected as the inaugural book for the 'One Book' series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival, and was included in the Australian national ‘Books Alive’ campaign. In 2007 Silvey wrote The World According to Warren, a children's picture book starring the guide-dog from Rhubarb, illustrated by Sonia Martinez and published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
In early 2008, Silvey completed his second novel Jasper Jones with the aid of an Australia Council New Work Grant. Jasper Jones was published in 2009 by Allen & Unwin Australia. The film rights for the novel have been sold to Australian director Rebecca O’Brien.
Silvey says of his literary influences that "I've always been attracted to Southern Gothic fiction. There's something very warm and generous about those regional American writers like Twain and Lee and Capote, and it seemed to be a literary ilk that would lend itself well to the Australian condition."
Silvey is also the singer/songwriter for the indie/pop/rock band The Nancy Sikes!.
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Craig Silvey
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Paperback, Published in May 2004 by Fremantle Press
ISBN10: 1921361492 | ISBN13: 9781921361494
Page count: 332
Winner of a Best Young Australian Novelist Award from the Sydney Morning Herald 2006; featured in the Books Alive Great Read Guide 2006.
Rhubarb has received rave reviews across Australia for its quirky, touching and humorous portrayal of people struggling to connect in the modern world.
A poignant and tender sort-of-love story about two damaged people tenuously connecting. Eleanor is blind and lives with her reclusive mother. Ewan is a cello player with agoraphobia. She is drawn to him through his music but cannot understand the difficulty he faces in forming a friendship. He does not understand her past nor the impact his music has on her. Amidst the heat of a Fremantle summer they stumble towards each other. Sad, funny and affecting, and peopled with characters that live and breathe, Rhubarb is the first novel from a young writer with an astonishing talent. With his sublime and playful use of language and his uncanny ability to reveal the human condition in all its vulnerability and fragility, Craig Silvey has created an extraordinary contemporary Australian story.
"The novel has the charm of early work such as Gustave Flaubert's Novembre and Jack Kerouac's The Subterranean." - Weekend Australian
"The playful words and images in this book are a sheer joy. More please." - Sydney Morning Herald
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