A Universe Of Clowns (SIGNED)
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.
Edition: Second edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the literary margins of Melbourne's Jewish émigré community comes a voice of rare precision and emotional depth — Serge Liberman's A Universe of Clowns is a commanding collection of short fiction that chronicles the lives of displaced souls navigating the tensions between memory, identity, and belonging in postwar Australia. The stories centre on characters — many of them Jewish immigrants scarred by the upheavals of the twentieth century — who are caught between the worlds they left behind and the alien, often indifferent society they must now call home. Liberman renders their inner lives with unflinching honesty, presenting moments of quiet tragedy, dark comedy, and stubborn human resilience with equal measure. Liberman occupies a distinctive place in Australian literature as one of its most committed chroniclers of the Jewish immigrant experience, and A Universe of Clowns stands as a testament to his singular vision. His prose is disciplined and precise, drawing on the traditions of European Jewish storytelling while remaining firmly rooted in the rhythms of suburban Australian life. The collection illuminates the universal struggle for dignity and meaning within communities history has repeatedly tried to erase — leaving the reader to wonder what it truly costs to rebuild a world from the ruins of another.
Author: Serge Liberman
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, Phoenix Publications Brisbane
Genre: Fiction
Edition: Second edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the literary margins of Melbourne's Jewish émigré community comes a voice of rare precision and emotional depth — Serge Liberman's A Universe of Clowns is a commanding collection of short fiction that chronicles the lives of displaced souls navigating the tensions between memory, identity, and belonging in postwar Australia. The stories centre on characters — many of them Jewish immigrants scarred by the upheavals of the twentieth century — who are caught between the worlds they left behind and the alien, often indifferent society they must now call home. Liberman renders their inner lives with unflinching honesty, presenting moments of quiet tragedy, dark comedy, and stubborn human resilience with equal measure. Liberman occupies a distinctive place in Australian literature as one of its most committed chroniclers of the Jewish immigrant experience, and A Universe of Clowns stands as a testament to his singular vision. His prose is disciplined and precise, drawing on the traditions of European Jewish storytelling while remaining firmly rooted in the rhythms of suburban Australian life. The collection illuminates the universal struggle for dignity and meaning within communities history has repeatedly tried to erase — leaving the reader to wonder what it truly costs to rebuild a world from the ruins of another.