Political Fictions
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In an Australia gripped by political turbulence and social upheaval, Michael Wilding's Political Fictions presents a razor-sharp collection of stories that chronicle the ideological passions, disillusionment, and dark comedies of the radical left during the 1970s. With an unflinching eye, Wilding maps the lives of academics, activists, and dreamers caught between the seductive pull of utopian ideals and the grinding machinery of institutional power, rendering each character with sardonic precision and wry, unsentimental humour. Wilding, one of Australia's most distinctive and underappreciated literary voices, argues through satire and realism that political conviction is as much a personal affliction as a social force, exposing the absurdities and hypocrisies that fester within movements promising liberation. His prose is cool, controlled, and deceptively laconic — a style perfectly suited to unmasking the gap between rhetoric and reality. Political Fictions stands as a vital document of its era, raising questions about power, complicity, and compromise that remain as urgent and unsettling today as when they were first written.
Author: Michael Wilding
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In an Australia gripped by political turbulence and social upheaval, Michael Wilding's Political Fictions presents a razor-sharp collection of stories that chronicle the ideological passions, disillusionment, and dark comedies of the radical left during the 1970s. With an unflinching eye, Wilding maps the lives of academics, activists, and dreamers caught between the seductive pull of utopian ideals and the grinding machinery of institutional power, rendering each character with sardonic precision and wry, unsentimental humour. Wilding, one of Australia's most distinctive and underappreciated literary voices, argues through satire and realism that political conviction is as much a personal affliction as a social force, exposing the absurdities and hypocrisies that fester within movements promising liberation. His prose is cool, controlled, and deceptively laconic — a style perfectly suited to unmasking the gap between rhetoric and reality. Political Fictions stands as a vital document of its era, raising questions about power, complicity, and compromise that remain as urgent and unsettling today as when they were first written.