Chantic Bird (Sirius S.) (Text Classics)

Name: Chantic Bird
Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

by David Ireland

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Chantic Bird (Sirius S.) (Text Classics)

by David Ireland

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

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ISBN10 0207142173
ISBN13 9780207142178
Publish Date 7 September 1981
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 17 October 2003
Publish Country AU
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint Angus & Robertson Childrens

Edition New edition
Format Paperback
Pages 201
Language English

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The Chantic Bird is a remarkable first-person narrative set in a period of dramatic social change in Australia. The antihero is a young outsider struggling to make sense of the world around him and his place in it. Alienation, poverty, and discontent are the driving forces behind his violent tendencies. This book is often compared to A Clockwork Orange, and, as seen by my star rating of 3/5 for the latter title, I was much more impressed by David Ireland's work of fiction. The narrative style (and surprises), the setting, the events, and the conclusion make The Chantic Bird as enjoyable as it is disconcerting, and as darkly humorous as it is thought-provoking.