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'What we make of memories and what they make of us.
'Like fireflies to the light, Mona, Benny and Jimmy are drawn into the elegantly wasted orbit of the Crystal Ballroom and the post-punk scene of 80s Melbourne, a world that includes Nick Cave and Dodge, a photographer pushing his art to the edge.
'With precision and richness Kirsten Krauth hauntingly evokes the power of music to infuse our lives, while diving deep into loss, beauty, innocence and agency. Filled with unforgettable characters, the novel is above all about the shapes that love can take and the many ways we express tenderness throughout a lifetime.
'As it moves between the Blue Mountains and Melbourne, Sydney and Castlemaine, Almost a Mirror reflects on the healing power of creativity and the everyday sacredness of family and friendship in the face of unexpected tragedy.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For Finn
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Epigraph: I've never found growing up to be straight and linear ... is been quite a zigzag, fixing one hole and then springing a leak somewhere else. - Ben Folds
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Spotlight : Kirsten Krauth
Remy Varga
(interviewer),
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 November 2021; (p. 3) -
Kate Grenville, Sofie Laguna, Julia Baird and Others : The 20 Best Australian Books of 2020
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 December 2020; -
June in Fiction
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; The Spill 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel -
Kirsten Krauth : Almost a Mirror
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 April - 1 May 2020;
— Review of Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel'Almost a Mirror, the second novel from Kirsten Krauth, is a dark and sticky trip to the post-punk music scene of Melbourne in the 1980s. Mona, Jimmy, Beñat, Kaz and Dodge – along with some Nick Cave cameos – orbit St Kilda’s Crystal Ballroom as the text spins and staggers between eras, moments and memories.' (Introduction)
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The Adversary; The Animals in That Country; Only Mostly Devastated; Exciting Times; Stone Sky Gold Mountain; Almost A Mirror
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2020;
— Review of The Adversary 2020 single work novel ; The Animals in that Country 2020 single work novel ; Only Mostly Devastated 2020 single work novel ; Stone Sky Gold Mountain 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel
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The Adversary; The Animals in That Country; Only Mostly Devastated; Exciting Times; Stone Sky Gold Mountain; Almost A Mirror
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2020;
— Review of The Adversary 2020 single work novel ; The Animals in that Country 2020 single work novel ; Only Mostly Devastated 2020 single work novel ; Stone Sky Gold Mountain 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel -
Kirsten Krauth : Almost a Mirror
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 April - 1 May 2020;
— Review of Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel'Almost a Mirror, the second novel from Kirsten Krauth, is a dark and sticky trip to the post-punk music scene of Melbourne in the 1980s. Mona, Jimmy, Beñat, Kaz and Dodge – along with some Nick Cave cameos – orbit St Kilda’s Crystal Ballroom as the text spins and staggers between eras, moments and memories.' (Introduction)
-
June in Fiction
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; The Spill 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror 2020 single work novel -
Kate Grenville, Sofie Laguna, Julia Baird and Others : The 20 Best Australian Books of 2020
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 December 2020; -
Spotlight : Kirsten Krauth
Remy Varga
(interviewer),
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 November 2021; (p. 3)
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted Small Press Network Book of the Year Award
- 2019 shortlisted PRH Australia Literary Prize
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Castlemaine, Castlemaine area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
- Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1980s