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Brian Castro takes up the novella, the form favoured by David Malouf and Helen Garner, in his new work of fiction, based on the life of the early twentieth-century Sydney poet Christopher Brennan. Brennan wrote some of the most powerful and ambitious poems in Australian poetry; he was a formidable literary figure who corresponded with Mallarmé and wrote on French poetry. He died an impoverished alcoholic. Castro's portrait of Brennan, seen through the eyes of his would-be biographer Brendan Costa, explores the fear of failure which haunts those who live by the imagination the fear of not achieving their own high ideals, and of disappointing their families and those who depend them. The story is told with the wit and energy that is the hallmark of Castro's writing. [Source: Trove]
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Intellectual Exuberance and Dark Irony : Tina Giannoukos Reviews ‘Street to Street’ by Brian Castro
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , March no. 7 2013;
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Shapes of Feelings
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 348 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Moods and Mirrors
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2013;
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Writing on Experience
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 January 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , February no. 396 2013; (p. 53)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella
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New Australian Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella ; The Baghdad Chameleon 2012 single work novel ; The Robbers 2012 single work novel ; Mazin' Grace 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 October 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella ; The Conversation 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , February no. 396 2013; (p. 53)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Writing on Experience
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 January 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
Moods and Mirrors
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2013;
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella -
On the Short Side
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1 - 2 December 2012; (p. 18-19) -
Miles Franklin : Castro on List
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 March 2013; (p. 23) -
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108)
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