After the Carnage

Author(s): Tara June Winch

General Fiction

"A single mother resorts to extreme measures to protect her young son. A Nigerian student undertakes a United Nations internship in the hope of a better future. A recently divorced man starts a running group with members of an online forum for recovering addicts. Ranging from New York to Istanbul, from Pakistan to Australia, these unforgettable stories chart the distances in their characters' lives - whether they have grown apart from the ones they love, been displaced from their homeland, or are struggling to reconcile their dreams with reality. A collection of prodigious depth and variety, After the Carnagemarks the impressive evolution of one of our finest young writers."


Product Information

"Tara June Winch is an Australian writer based in France. She has written essay, short fiction and memoir for Vogue, Vice, McSweeney's, and various Australian publications and anthologies. Her first novel, Swallow the Air, was published in 2006 and won numerous literary awards, including the David Unaipon Award and a Victorian Premier's Literary Award. It has been on the education and HSC syllabus for Standard and Advanced English in Australia since 2009. In the same year she was awarded the International Rolex Mentor and ProtUgU Award that saw her work under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka."

General Fields

  • : 9780702254147
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : 0.2
  • : June 2016
  • : 199mm X 129mm X 14mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Tara June Winch
  • : black & white illustrations
  • : FA
  • : 200
  • : General Adult
  • : 813
  • : English
  • : 1
  • : Paperback