Summary
I was blinded by his beauty. In the one or two photographs I’ve kept of him I can still see it. He stares out of them almost miserably, as if his loveliness is an affliction. Not that I saw it that way, at least not in the beginning. In the beginning I thought it was a kind of miracle.
Arthur Wheeler is haunted by his infatuation with a Japanese youth he encountered in the enemy alien camp where he worked as a guard during WW2. Abandoning his wife and baby son, Arthur sets out on a do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922079893 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922079898 |
| Author: | Cory Taylor |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Vividly cinematic…Taylor’svivid evocation of lowered expectations and empty lives is understated andmemorable.’
‘An almost unbearably beautiful story about longing and secret lives in which grief and joy turn out to be much the same thing.’ – Robert Dessaix
‘Black humour is cunningly tangled with moments of sheer emotional devastation; Taylor crafts sentences of such sharpness and insight that I was forced to pause at moments to bask in the prose. My Beautiful Enemy is a heartfelt and beautifully written novel about love and war for readers of exquisitely crafted literary fiction.’ * Australian Bookseller and Publisher *
‘Taylor has crafted her novel superbly. The pace is measured, and the restraint, particularly in the later stages of the book, lends My Beautiful Enemy its emotional punch…A moving and accomplished novel that explores fascinating untold lives from our past.’ * Sydney Morning Herald/Age/Canberra Times *
‘This is a beautifully told story of love, longing and the war within.’ – The Hoopla
‘Reminiscent of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel…a love story that is tender and original.’ * Readings Monthly *
‘Cory Taylor’s novel is a haunting tale told with plangent simplicity…There is a wistful beauty to the book that can make the heart ache even as the mind is deploring the emotional carnage.’ * Adelaide Advertiser *
‘Taylor’s second novel beautifully explores private lives and battles. As sad as it often is, she draws you compulsively towards an elegiac conclusion.’ * MX *
Cory Taylor
Cory Taylor was born in Queensland in 1955. She was an award-winning novelist and screenwriter who also published short fiction and children’s books.
Her first novel, Me and Mr Booker, won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Pacific Region) in 2012. Her second novel, My Beautiful Enemy, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2014.
She died on 5 July 2016, a couple of months after Dying: A Memoir was published.
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