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AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Strange Home: Rethinking Australian Literature | Australian National University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | Deakin University | 2014 (Trimester 2) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | Deakin University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Australia | Queensland University of Technology | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | University of Queensland | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | University of Queensland | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Seminar AUT | University of Technology, Sydney | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | Victoria University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | Victoria University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Barracuda
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2013
Z1917126
2013
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. 'His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. 'His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. 'He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. 'A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. 'Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? 'Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. ' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | Victoria University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2009 |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Australian Literature | Deakin University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Australian Literature | Deakin University | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Writing 1 | Macquarie University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Theories of Text and Culture | Southern Cross University | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Current Issues in Australian Writing | University of Queensland | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Current Issues in Australian Writing | University of Queensland | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Australian Literature Honours D: Australian Postmodernism | University of Sydney | 2009 (Semester 1, Semester 2) |
y
Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
2005
Z1186455
2005
single work
novel
(taught in 14 units)
'The novel comprises two separate narratives. The first, told in the style of a fairytale, is set in a traditional Greek peasant village during and after World War II. Its world is still magical. ... The second narrative is set in the present time. The narrator is a 36-year-old gay, Greek-Australian photographic artist named Isaac. We meet Isaac at a time when he has travelled to Greece for what turns out to be a rather dismal officially funded exhibition of his works.'
Source: Manne, Robert. 'Dead Disturbing'. The Monthly. (June, 2005) |
Contemporary Fiction | University of Tasmania | 2011 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
The Jesus Man
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1999
Z27005
1999
single work
novel
(taught in 1 units)
'The Jesus Man tells the story of one family, trapped between conflicting identities - while the parents were born Greek and Italian, the three sons, Dom, Tommy and Louie, have grown up as Australians. Haunted by their history and increasing inability to relate to each other, Tommy inexorably descends into a cycle of violence, pornography and madness. 'When he commits a terrible crime, his family must try to come to terms with the terrifying stranger he had become, and the hell that living had been for him.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Atlantic 2016 ed.) |
Australian Literature | University of Tasmania | 2010 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Major Australian Writing | Bond University | 2009 |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Language and Text | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Language & Text | Charles Sturt University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Language and Text | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Writing Australia | Flinders University | 2009 |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2011 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Novels | La Trobe University | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Novels | La Trobe University | 2009 |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Approaches to Literature | La Trobe University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Novels | La Trobe University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Novels | La Trobe University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Novels | La Trobe University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Approaches to Literature | La Trobe University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Approaches to Literature | La Trobe University | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Literature and Politics | Macquarie University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Literature and the Political | Macquarie University | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Literature and the Political | Macquarie University | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Body, Culture, Text | University of Adelaide | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Seeing Australia | University of New South Wales | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2012 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | University of Newcastle | 2009 |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | University of Queensland | 2008 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | University of Queensland | 2007 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
The Rhetoric of the Streets | University of Sydney | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Texts And Traditions | University of Tasmania | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australian Literature: Fiction into Film | University of Western Australia | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australia Fair: Post-Federation Australian Literature | University of Wollongong | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Australia Fair: Post-Federation Australian Literature | University of Wollongong | 2011 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Imaginary Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2011 |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Reading Contemporary Fiction | Victoria University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Loaded
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Milsons Point
:
Vintage Australia
,
1995
Z565443
1995
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'Families can detonate. Some families are torn apart forever by one small act, one solitary mistake. In my family it was a series of small explosions; consistent, passionate, pathetic. Cruel words, crude threats... We spurred each other on till we reached a crescendo of pain and we retired exhausted to our rooms, in tears or in fury. 'Ari is nineteen, unemployed and a poofter who doesn't want to be gay. He is looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. He doesn't believe in anyone or anything, except the power of music. All he wants to do is dance, take drugs, have sex and change the world. 'For Ari, all the orthodoxies of family, sex, politics and work have collapsed. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs, chemicals and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only ways he knows how. 'Written in stark, uncompromising prose, Loaded is a first novel of great passion and power.' (From the publisher's website.) |
Reading Contemporary Fiction | Victoria University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Further studies in Australian literature | Australian Catholic University - Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo) | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Advanced Australian Literature | Australian Catholic University - Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo) | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Advanced Australian Literature | Australian Catholic University - Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo) | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | Australian National University | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | Australian National University | 2011 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Introduction to Australian Literature | Australian National University | 2009 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Central Queensland University | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Central Queensland University | 2012 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Central Queensland University | 2014 (Term 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Representing Australia (Online) | Deakin University | 2012 (Summer Semester) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Edith Cowan University | 2010 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Edith Cowan University | 2011 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Contemporary Australian Literature | Edith Cowan University | 2012 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Prose Fiction Writing | Flinders University | 2012 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature | James Cook University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Poetics of Transgression | La Trobe University | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Poetics of Transgression | La Trobe University | 2012 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature & Film | Murdoch University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Australia | Queensland University of Technology | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Australia | Queensland University of Technology | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Theories of Text and Culture | Southern Cross University | 2012 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Theories of Text and Culture | Southern Cross University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Body Language | University of Adelaide | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Wild Writing: The Australian Imaginary | University of Melbourne | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Reading Australian Writing | University of Melbourne | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
The Australian Imaginary | University of Melbourne | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
The Australian Imaginary | University of Melbourne | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
The Australian Imaginary | University of Melbourne | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
The Australian Imaginary | University of Melbourne | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Working Bodies | University of New South Wales | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Challenge | University of Notre Dame | 2012 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Stories | University of Southern Queensland | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Reading Suburbia | University of Sydney | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature Honours C: Reading Suburbia | University of Sydney | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Reading Suburbia | University of Sydney | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Seminar | University of Technology, Sydney | 2010 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Writing Seminar | University of Technology, Sydney | 2011 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature: Classic and Popular | University of Western Australia | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature : Classic and Popular | University of Western Australia | 2012 |
y
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2008
Z1739894
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 40 units)
'At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. 'This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. 'In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. 'What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity - all the passions and conflicting beliefs - that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Literature: Classic and Popular | University of Western Australia | 2016 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
Andrew Bovell
,
Patricia Cornelius
,
Melissa Reeves
,
Christos Tsiolkas
,
Irine Vela
(composer),
Julian Meyrick
(editor),
1998
single work
drama
(taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Melbourne Stories : Three Plays 2000; (p. 1-103) |
Australian Theatre and Performance | University of Melbourne | 2015 (Semester 2) |