The Eastern Slope Chronicle

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Eastern Slope Chronicle
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ouyang Yu
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:392
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 130
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781876040420
ClassificationsDewey:823.3 A823.3
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Imprint Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Publication Date 1 October 2002
Publication Country Australia

Description

Winner of the 2004 South Australian Festival Award for Innovation in Writing.Shortlisted for the 2003 NSW Premier's Award for Literature."Innovative, compelling and often profoundly discomforting, Ouyang Yu's book is written from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant to Australia...it raises troubling questions about the possibility of a fully integrated multicultural society." (SA Festival Awards)"...amusing, cynical and bawdy." (Canberra Times)"It confronts the reader with unsavoury home truths and it is poignant, painful, provocative, funny and sad." (Overland)

Author Biography

Ouyang Yu's literary career began in China where he published poetry, fiction, non-fiction and literary translations. He has published 28 books in Chinese and English in Australia, USA, UK and NZ. He arrived in Australia in 1991 and now edits Otherland, Australia's first Chinese-English journal. He holds a PhD in Australian Literature from La Trobe University, and lives in Melbourne.