The Chosen
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed, 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
What does it mean to be truly chosen — by fate, by society, or by one's own desperate will? David Ireland's The Chosen plunges readers into the raw, uncompromising world that defines his literary signature: a fractured, post-industrial landscape where ordinary Australians wrestle with identity, belonging, and the invisible forces that determine who rises and who is left behind. With the unflinching precision of a surgeon and the moral weight of a prophet, Ireland chronicles the lives of characters caught at the intersection of personal desire and societal expectation, building a narrative that is as brutal as it is tender. Ireland, one of Australia's most decorated and challenging novelists — a three-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award — writes with a fierce, elliptical style that strips language down to its most potent elements, demanding active participation from the reader. The Chosen stands as a testament to his enduring preoccupation with power, class, and the mythology of the everyday, sitting comfortably alongside his celebrated works such as The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and City of Women. Published by the prestigious Knopf imprint, this is a novel that refuses easy resolution, leaving its final question — who, ultimately, gets to be chosen, and at what cost — reverberating long after the last page is turned.
Author: David Ireland
Format: Hardback
Published: 1997, Knopf
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed, 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
What does it mean to be truly chosen — by fate, by society, or by one's own desperate will? David Ireland's The Chosen plunges readers into the raw, uncompromising world that defines his literary signature: a fractured, post-industrial landscape where ordinary Australians wrestle with identity, belonging, and the invisible forces that determine who rises and who is left behind. With the unflinching precision of a surgeon and the moral weight of a prophet, Ireland chronicles the lives of characters caught at the intersection of personal desire and societal expectation, building a narrative that is as brutal as it is tender. Ireland, one of Australia's most decorated and challenging novelists — a three-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award — writes with a fierce, elliptical style that strips language down to its most potent elements, demanding active participation from the reader. The Chosen stands as a testament to his enduring preoccupation with power, class, and the mythology of the everyday, sitting comfortably alongside his celebrated works such as The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and City of Women. Published by the prestigious Knopf imprint, this is a novel that refuses easy resolution, leaving its final question — who, ultimately, gets to be chosen, and at what cost — reverberating long after the last page is turned.