The Slap
Author | : Christos Tsiolkas |
Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2010-07-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 1554686466 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781554686469 |
Rating | : 4/5 (469 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Slap written by Christos Tsiolkas and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reverberations from the slap are far-reaching, affecting the marriages and friendships of all those who witness it. What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex, marriage, and the fury and intensity that family can arouse. In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas brilliantly weaves together a maze of complex relationships. Told through the eyes of eight different characters, the slap and the ensuing emotional maelstrom become catalysts for an unflinching and all-seeing journey into the modern family and domestic life. Children come of age, marriages teeter on the brink and midlife crises erupt against a backdrop of lust, jealousy, deception and inadequacy. In its penetrating and incisive examination of the evergrowing middle class and its fears and aspirations, The Slap is a fiercely intelligent and provocative story about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.