Black Mirror
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A story of grief, memory, and obsession unfolds in Black Mirror, Gail Jones's haunting debut novel set against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscapes of Western Australia. The novel chronicles Victoria, a young woman consumed by the tragic death of her brother, whose grief leads her into a labyrinthine world of silent cinema, colonial history, and the seductive power of images. Jones presents a narrative in which the past refuses to remain silent, and the act of looking — at photographs, at film, at one another — becomes an act of reckoning. Jones writes with a lyrical precision that transforms every scene into something approaching the cinematic: her prose is dense with visual metaphor and allusion, drawing on the traditions of European modernism while remaining distinctly Australian in its textures and preoccupations. Black Mirror is a meditation on how we mourn, how we remember, and how the images we create outlive us — a question that lingers long after the final page is turned.
Author: Gail Jones
Format: Paperback
Published: 2002, Picador (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
A story of grief, memory, and obsession unfolds in Black Mirror, Gail Jones's haunting debut novel set against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscapes of Western Australia. The novel chronicles Victoria, a young woman consumed by the tragic death of her brother, whose grief leads her into a labyrinthine world of silent cinema, colonial history, and the seductive power of images. Jones presents a narrative in which the past refuses to remain silent, and the act of looking — at photographs, at film, at one another — becomes an act of reckoning. Jones writes with a lyrical precision that transforms every scene into something approaching the cinematic: her prose is dense with visual metaphor and allusion, drawing on the traditions of European modernism while remaining distinctly Australian in its textures and preoccupations. Black Mirror is a meditation on how we mourn, how we remember, and how the images we create outlive us — a question that lingers long after the final page is turned.