{"product_id":"fever-of-animals-miles-allinson-9781947534162","title":"Fever of Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA multi-award winning Australian novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2014 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS PEOPLE'S CHOICE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 WESTERN AUSTRALIA PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS PEOPLE'S CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor nearly five years I have wanted to write something about the surrealist painter Emil Bafdescu: about his paintings, one of which hangs in a little restaurant in Melbourne, and about his disappearance, which is still a mystery. But this is probably not going to be the book I imagined. Nothing has quite worked out the way I planned.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e With the small inheritance he received upon his father's death, Miles has come to Europe on the trail of the Romanian surrealist, who disappeared into a forest in 1967. But in trying to unravel the mystery of Bafdescu's secret life, Miles must also reckon with his own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaced with a language and a landscape that remain stubbornly out of reach, and condemned to wait for someone who may never arrive, Miles is haunted by thoughts of his ex-girlfriend, Alice, and the trip they took to Venice that ended their relationship. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Uncanny, occasionally absurd, and utterly original, \u003ci\u003eFever of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written meditation on art and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR MILES ALLINSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Allinson is unashamedly a serious writer, in the mould of dark luminaries like Roberto Bola o, Thomas Bernhard, Robert Walser, and perhaps W.G. Sebald...\u003ci\u003eFever of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e takes itself seriously, like good art should do...and it takes you seriously. All it asks is that you take it seriously back, and to do so is pleasurable and challenging and nourishingly sad.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReadings Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The play between truth and fiction, between the writing self and the self written, is one of the great pleasures of \u003ci\u003eFever of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e...audacious, clever, and original\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miles Allinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947534165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947534162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Miles Allinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075183964415,"sku":"9781947534162","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ecf5451-e582-43d9-9652-8012939a02b6.jpg?v=1685458088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fever-of-animals-miles-allinson-9781947534162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}