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An unsettling, brilliant novel about the truths and lies of mythology and history from the acclaimed author of The Slap. Isaac is a photographer in his mid-30, travelling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War Europe of a united currency, illegal immigration and of a globalised homogenous culture. In his mother's mountain village he encounters a Balkan vampire. Subsequently, as his journey continues across Italy, Eastern Europe and Britain he discovers that ghosts keep appearing in the photographs he takes, providing clues to a family secret and tragedy. Parallel to Isaac's story we are in the Greece of World War II. A peasant family is asked to provide protection to a Jewish boy fleeing the Germans. It is this boy who will become the vampire. From the mountains of Greece to the inner-city streets of 1960s Melbourne, we trace the journey of this malevolent force as it feeds on generation after generation of Isaac's family, seeking revenge and justice. From Christos Tsiolkas: 'In attempting to trace back through the mythologies, lies and truths of history, I want to examine how the legacies of the past still actively disturb our sleep in the present. Isaac's story is written in a contemporary idiom, in the first person, as he reflects on his alienation from Europe, on what it means to be an artist, to be a man in love, to be an ethical human in a supposedly post-ideological age ...I am also attempting to understand the longest standing of all European racial legacies: anti-Semitism. The vampire is not only the restless spirit of a dead boy. It is also the golem, the Christ Killer, the killer of children. It is this legacy that Isaac must face ...Now a major motion picture released by Paramount and Transmission films.
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- PublisherVintage Books Australia
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1740511948
- ISBN 13 9781740511940
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages411
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 411 pages. From the acclaimed author of The Slap comes an uns ettling novel about the truths and lies of mythology and history. The basis for a major motion picture. Isaac is a photographer in his mid-30s, traveling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War E urope of a united currency, illegal immigration, and of a globali zed homogenous culture. In his mother's mountain village he encou nters a Balkan vampire. Subsequently, as his journey continues ac ross Italy, Eastern Europe, and Britain, he discovers that ghosts keep appearing in the photographs he takes, providing clues to a family secret and tragedy. Parallel to Isaac's story, we are in the Greece of World War II. A peasant family is asked to provide protection to a Jewish boy fleeing the Germans. It is this boy wh o will become the vampire. From the mountains of Greece to the in ner-city streets of 1960s Melbourne, we trace the journey of this malevolent force as it feeds on generation after generation of I saac's family, seeking revenge and justice. Seller Inventory # 2069r
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Book Description Condition: Good. Isaac is a photographer in his mid-thirties, travelling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War Europe of a united currency, illegal immigration and of a globalised homogenous culture. In his mother's mountain village he encounters a Balkan vampire. Subsequently, as his journey continues across Italy, Eastern Europe and Britain he discovers that ghosts keep appearing in the photographs he takes, providing clues to a family secret and tragedy.Parallel to Isaac's story we are in the Greece of World War II. A peasant family is asked to provide protection to a Jewish boy fleeing the Germans. It is this boy who will become the vampire. From the mountains of Greece to the inner-city streets of 1960s Melbourne, we trace the journey of this malevolent force as it feeds on generation after generation of Isaac's family, seeking revenge and justice. FROM CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS: 'In attempting to trace back through the mythologies, lies and truths of history, I want to examine how the legacies of the past still actively disturb our sleep in the present. Isaac's story is written in a contemporary idiom, in the first person, as he reflects on his alienation from Europe, on what it means to be an artist, to be a man in love, to be an ethical human in a supposedly post-ideological age.I am also attempting to understand the longest standing of all European racial legacies: anti-Semitism. The vampire is not only the restless spirit of a dead boy. It is also the golem, the Christ Killer, the killer of children. It is this legacy that Isaac must face.' 414 pages. Seller Inventory # 1385440
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Isaac is a photographer in his mid-thirties, travelling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War Europe of a united currency, illegal immigration and of a globalised homogenous culture. In his mother's mountain village he encounters a Balkan vampire. Subsequently, as his journey continues across Italy, Eastern Europe and Britain he discovers that ghosts keep appearing in the photographs he takes, providing clues to a family secret and tragedy.Parallel to Isaac's story we are in the Greece of World War II. A peasant family is asked to provide protection to a Jewish boy fleeing the Germans. It is this boy who will become the vampire. From the mountains of Greece to the inner-city streets of 1960s Melbourne, we trace the journey of this malevolent force as it feeds on generation after generation of Isaac's family, seeking revenge and justice. FROM CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS: 'In attempting to trace back through the mythologies, lies and truths of history, I want to examine how the legacies of the past still actively disturb our sleep in the present. Isaac's story is written in a contemporary idiom, in the first person, as he reflects on his alienation from Europe, on what it means to be an artist, to be a man in love, to be an ethical human in a supposedly post-ideological age.I am also attempting to understand the longest standing of all European racial legacies: anti-Semitism. The vampire is not only the restless spirit of a dead boy. It is also the golem, the Christ Killer, the killer of children. It is this legacy that Isaac must face.'. 414 pages. Seller Inventory # 1290073
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Book Description Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Floridly SIGNED in full & briefly INSCRIBED by the Australian author in blue ink on title page in the year of publication: "To Shelley from me! Christos Tsiolkas - 2005". The inscription covers most of the page. Dead Europe, the author's third novel, won The Age Book of the Year fiction award for 2006. Third printing, with "3" as the lowest number in print number line on copyright page. Printed in Australia. Slight handling wear, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 411pp. Scarce SIGNED copy. RARE. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 020716
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