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The
2005 Award
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Shanghai Dancing by Brian Castro
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| "Shanghai
Dancing is a fictional autobiography. Told from an Australian perspective,
it is loosely based on my family's life in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau
from the 1930s to the 1960s. Drawing on memory, stories, photos, and family
myths and secrets, the book is about the twists and turns of fiction and
personal history. I feel this tale has been lurking in the background for
quite some time, finding its way out of the labyrinth through dissimulation
and story-making." Brian Castro |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Brian Castro was born in Hong Kong in 1950, and arrived in Australia in 1961. His novels include Birds of Passage (1983), which shared the Australian/Vogel Literary Award; Double-Wolf (1991), winner of the Age Fiction Prize and the Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction; After China (1992), which also won the Victorian Premier's Award; and Stepper (1997), for which he received the National Book Council Banjo Award. He currently resides in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia. |
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