Nightpictures
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Author: Rod Jones
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 252
This work is shortlisted for the 1998 Miles Franklin Award. This is the Vintage paperback of 1997's scorching hardcover. 'Jones' most courageous and assured work to date...a remarkable achievement, a subtle and disturbing exploration of complex psychic and spiritual states. Its evocation of Venice is as memorable as any account of the city I have come across in recent decades.' - "Sydney Morning Herald". 'both disturbing and arousing' - "Herald Sun". We all live secret lives. During the day, we're hardly aware of them. We don't let ourselves see them. Only in the night do they come into their own, our secrets, the pictures running through our heads - not language, pictures - pictures that make us tense up and groan out loud. "Nightpictures" - sailor drifts through Venice. He is haunted by nightpictures, his most precious memories, that leave him fearful, shuddering, close to ejaculation. His affair with Dieppe is meant to be 'pure l'erotisme'. No kisses, definitely no falling in love. Dieppe has memories that haunt her, too. As their sexual relationship plays itself out amid the crumbling walls of Dieppe's shabby apartment, the verbal and sexual collide. Stories become confessions, and sex a kind of absolution. But some stories should never be told...'Set in the decaying grandeur of Venice, and woven with shady references to incest, murder and childhood sex, the story of the lovers' affair is carefully constructed to create a surreal and sinister world...multilayered and cleverly crafted' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Darkly sexy and menacing.' - Elle. Rod Jones was born in Melbourne in 1953. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne, and has worked as a teacher in schools and universities. His first novel, "Julia Paradise", won the South Australian Premier's National Fiction Award in 1988, and was runner-up for the Femina Etranger prize in Paris. It has been translated into ten languages and published throughout the world. His second novel, "Prince of the Lilies", interweaves Minoan archaeology and contemporary Crete. "Billy Sunday", his third novel, was published in 1995. It was the winner of the 1995 Age Book of the Year for Fiction and the 1996 National Book Council CUB/Banjo Award for Fiction. "The Boston Globe" called "Billy Sunday", 'the Great American Novel.' Rod lives in the Victorian resort town of Queenscliff with his wife and three children. His interests include travel, cinema and karate. This is a very sexy, very disturbing story of sex, death and memory in Venice. Despite the great reviews and sharing the APA Design Award for Best Designed Book of 1997, the hardcover - while selling a respectable 3500 copies - wasn't the huge success it deserved to be. Now, here is an opportunity to make up the slack with the Vintage paperback. Rod is one of this country's finest writers. Anyone who has seen him speak in public cannot fail to see the substantial audiences and interest he attracts. "Julia Paradise" secured his place in Australian literary history - it sold over 20,000 copies in Australia alone, and if we can make those readers aware of "Nightpictures", this book has the quality and the capacity to achieve those figures also.
Author: Rod Jones
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 252
This work is shortlisted for the 1998 Miles Franklin Award. This is the Vintage paperback of 1997's scorching hardcover. 'Jones' most courageous and assured work to date...a remarkable achievement, a subtle and disturbing exploration of complex psychic and spiritual states. Its evocation of Venice is as memorable as any account of the city I have come across in recent decades.' - "Sydney Morning Herald". 'both disturbing and arousing' - "Herald Sun". We all live secret lives. During the day, we're hardly aware of them. We don't let ourselves see them. Only in the night do they come into their own, our secrets, the pictures running through our heads - not language, pictures - pictures that make us tense up and groan out loud. "Nightpictures" - sailor drifts through Venice. He is haunted by nightpictures, his most precious memories, that leave him fearful, shuddering, close to ejaculation. His affair with Dieppe is meant to be 'pure l'erotisme'. No kisses, definitely no falling in love. Dieppe has memories that haunt her, too. As their sexual relationship plays itself out amid the crumbling walls of Dieppe's shabby apartment, the verbal and sexual collide. Stories become confessions, and sex a kind of absolution. But some stories should never be told...'Set in the decaying grandeur of Venice, and woven with shady references to incest, murder and childhood sex, the story of the lovers' affair is carefully constructed to create a surreal and sinister world...multilayered and cleverly crafted' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Darkly sexy and menacing.' - Elle. Rod Jones was born in Melbourne in 1953. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne, and has worked as a teacher in schools and universities. His first novel, "Julia Paradise", won the South Australian Premier's National Fiction Award in 1988, and was runner-up for the Femina Etranger prize in Paris. It has been translated into ten languages and published throughout the world. His second novel, "Prince of the Lilies", interweaves Minoan archaeology and contemporary Crete. "Billy Sunday", his third novel, was published in 1995. It was the winner of the 1995 Age Book of the Year for Fiction and the 1996 National Book Council CUB/Banjo Award for Fiction. "The Boston Globe" called "Billy Sunday", 'the Great American Novel.' Rod lives in the Victorian resort town of Queenscliff with his wife and three children. His interests include travel, cinema and karate. This is a very sexy, very disturbing story of sex, death and memory in Venice. Despite the great reviews and sharing the APA Design Award for Best Designed Book of 1997, the hardcover - while selling a respectable 3500 copies - wasn't the huge success it deserved to be. Now, here is an opportunity to make up the slack with the Vintage paperback. Rod is one of this country's finest writers. Anyone who has seen him speak in public cannot fail to see the substantial audiences and interest he attracts. "Julia Paradise" secured his place in Australian literary history - it sold over 20,000 copies in Australia alone, and if we can make those readers aware of "Nightpictures", this book has the quality and the capacity to achieve those figures also.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Rod Jones
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 252
This work is shortlisted for the 1998 Miles Franklin Award. This is the Vintage paperback of 1997's scorching hardcover. 'Jones' most courageous and assured work to date...a remarkable achievement, a subtle and disturbing exploration of complex psychic and spiritual states. Its evocation of Venice is as memorable as any account of the city I have come across in recent decades.' - "Sydney Morning Herald". 'both disturbing and arousing' - "Herald Sun". We all live secret lives. During the day, we're hardly aware of them. We don't let ourselves see them. Only in the night do they come into their own, our secrets, the pictures running through our heads - not language, pictures - pictures that make us tense up and groan out loud. "Nightpictures" - sailor drifts through Venice. He is haunted by nightpictures, his most precious memories, that leave him fearful, shuddering, close to ejaculation. His affair with Dieppe is meant to be 'pure l'erotisme'. No kisses, definitely no falling in love. Dieppe has memories that haunt her, too. As their sexual relationship plays itself out amid the crumbling walls of Dieppe's shabby apartment, the verbal and sexual collide. Stories become confessions, and sex a kind of absolution. But some stories should never be told...'Set in the decaying grandeur of Venice, and woven with shady references to incest, murder and childhood sex, the story of the lovers' affair is carefully constructed to create a surreal and sinister world...multilayered and cleverly crafted' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Darkly sexy and menacing.' - Elle. Rod Jones was born in Melbourne in 1953. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne, and has worked as a teacher in schools and universities. His first novel, "Julia Paradise", won the South Australian Premier's National Fiction Award in 1988, and was runner-up for the Femina Etranger prize in Paris. It has been translated into ten languages and published throughout the world. His second novel, "Prince of the Lilies", interweaves Minoan archaeology and contemporary Crete. "Billy Sunday", his third novel, was published in 1995. It was the winner of the 1995 Age Book of the Year for Fiction and the 1996 National Book Council CUB/Banjo Award for Fiction. "The Boston Globe" called "Billy Sunday", 'the Great American Novel.' Rod lives in the Victorian resort town of Queenscliff with his wife and three children. His interests include travel, cinema and karate. This is a very sexy, very disturbing story of sex, death and memory in Venice. Despite the great reviews and sharing the APA Design Award for Best Designed Book of 1997, the hardcover - while selling a respectable 3500 copies - wasn't the huge success it deserved to be. Now, here is an opportunity to make up the slack with the Vintage paperback. Rod is one of this country's finest writers. Anyone who has seen him speak in public cannot fail to see the substantial audiences and interest he attracts. "Julia Paradise" secured his place in Australian literary history - it sold over 20,000 copies in Australia alone, and if we can make those readers aware of "Nightpictures", this book has the quality and the capacity to achieve those figures also.
Author: Rod Jones
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 252
This work is shortlisted for the 1998 Miles Franklin Award. This is the Vintage paperback of 1997's scorching hardcover. 'Jones' most courageous and assured work to date...a remarkable achievement, a subtle and disturbing exploration of complex psychic and spiritual states. Its evocation of Venice is as memorable as any account of the city I have come across in recent decades.' - "Sydney Morning Herald". 'both disturbing and arousing' - "Herald Sun". We all live secret lives. During the day, we're hardly aware of them. We don't let ourselves see them. Only in the night do they come into their own, our secrets, the pictures running through our heads - not language, pictures - pictures that make us tense up and groan out loud. "Nightpictures" - sailor drifts through Venice. He is haunted by nightpictures, his most precious memories, that leave him fearful, shuddering, close to ejaculation. His affair with Dieppe is meant to be 'pure l'erotisme'. No kisses, definitely no falling in love. Dieppe has memories that haunt her, too. As their sexual relationship plays itself out amid the crumbling walls of Dieppe's shabby apartment, the verbal and sexual collide. Stories become confessions, and sex a kind of absolution. But some stories should never be told...'Set in the decaying grandeur of Venice, and woven with shady references to incest, murder and childhood sex, the story of the lovers' affair is carefully constructed to create a surreal and sinister world...multilayered and cleverly crafted' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Darkly sexy and menacing.' - Elle. Rod Jones was born in Melbourne in 1953. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne, and has worked as a teacher in schools and universities. His first novel, "Julia Paradise", won the South Australian Premier's National Fiction Award in 1988, and was runner-up for the Femina Etranger prize in Paris. It has been translated into ten languages and published throughout the world. His second novel, "Prince of the Lilies", interweaves Minoan archaeology and contemporary Crete. "Billy Sunday", his third novel, was published in 1995. It was the winner of the 1995 Age Book of the Year for Fiction and the 1996 National Book Council CUB/Banjo Award for Fiction. "The Boston Globe" called "Billy Sunday", 'the Great American Novel.' Rod lives in the Victorian resort town of Queenscliff with his wife and three children. His interests include travel, cinema and karate. This is a very sexy, very disturbing story of sex, death and memory in Venice. Despite the great reviews and sharing the APA Design Award for Best Designed Book of 1997, the hardcover - while selling a respectable 3500 copies - wasn't the huge success it deserved to be. Now, here is an opportunity to make up the slack with the Vintage paperback. Rod is one of this country's finest writers. Anyone who has seen him speak in public cannot fail to see the substantial audiences and interest he attracts. "Julia Paradise" secured his place in Australian literary history - it sold over 20,000 copies in Australia alone, and if we can make those readers aware of "Nightpictures", this book has the quality and the capacity to achieve those figures also.
