Chandran’s latest novel, Unfinished Business, takes us back to the Sri Lankan civil war in the style of a CIA thriller. And in a thrilling twist, Chandran herself has spoken to Honi about the novel and her writing process.
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It is no easy feat stepping into the ever-expanding Australian fiction scene. Milligan did so with an intriguing premise that draws upon her extensive knowledge of crime, knowing that she will inevitably be perceived as a journalist-turned-author.
Beatrice, one of the protagonists, tries to resist this novelisation, embodying the revolutionary who lives, eats, and breathes in political ideals; a figure that belongs not in a novel, but in a history textbook.
More than a novel, this book touches on the author’s feelings and vulnerability. The reader is invited into her thoughts and emotions, and given the tools for further self-reflection and personal analyses.
What Harper has done is crucial and commendable. Exiles symbolises a modern Australia willing to abandon a reductionist view of domestic abuse.
Thoughts on Natalia Ginzburg’s All Our Yesterdays.
Claire Keegan writes a tale as gorgeous as the snow-dusted evergreens of the little country town, and through this beauty, she uncovers what is real.
On Jessica Au’s novel Cold Enough for Snow (2022), the winner of the Inaugural Novel Prize.
The story of a life is as secret as life itself.
What can we learn from the deep, dark blue?
