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Black Glass: a novel
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9781921640933
- Book Title
- Black Glass : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Dystopian, General
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Tally and Grace are teenage sisters living on the outskirts of society, dragged from one no-hope town to the next by their fugitive father. When an explosion rips their lives apart, they flee separately to the city. The girls had always imagined that beyond the remote regions lay another, brighter world: glamorous, promising, full of luck. But as each soon discovers, if you arrive there broke, homeless, and alone, the city is a dangerous place -- a place where commerce and surveillance rule, and undocumented people like themselves are confined to life's shady margins. Now Tally and Grace must struggle to find each other -- or just to survive. Narrated by a cast of unforgettable characters, Black Glass is the work of an exceptional new talent.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribe Publications
ISBN-10
1921640936
ISBN-13
9781921640933
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143833166
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Glass : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Dystopian, General
Intended Audience
Young Adults
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
15
Reviews
' Black Glass is a superb debut novel. Meg Mundell has invented a compelling futuristic version of our urban world that is not only original but -- like all great speculative fiction -- frighteningly recognisable. In addition, she has populated it with a cast of charismatic characters, notably the resourceful sisters Tally and Grace -- truly an endearing and heroic pair.', "Meg Mundell creates an eerie vision of an Australian city (it sounds a lot like what once was Melbourne) in her chilling debut novel, where we follow the lives of the two itinerant sisters." --Julia Ross, Courier Mail, " Black Glass presents a dark urban dystopian future of mass surveillance and government control, filled with corruption and morality gone wrong . . . Black Glass contains a mix of writing styles, adding to the big brother style of the book . . . The tension builds right until the end." --Andrew Wrathall, Bookseller & Publisher, In her brilliant debut novel, Mundell envisages a dark, sinister city of the not-too-distant future where massive surveillance and controls are used to crush citizens into submission., Black Glass presents a dark urban dystopian future of mass surveillance and government control, filled with corruption and morality gone wrong... Black Glass contains a mix of writing styles, adding to the big brother style of the book...The tension builds right until the end., "I loved Black Glass . Tally-garrulous, resourceful, and scared-is a wonderfully convincing child character whose voice I have missed since finishing the book. Meg Mundell skillfully exposes the manipulation and paranoia beneath the city of the future's gloss, and the marginalized existences of those excluded from the brave new world." -Catherine O'Flynn, author, What Was Lost, [An] impressive debut...It's a bleak, recognisable vision of a possible tomorrow and Mundell colours it with imagination and intelligence ... Black Glass is made of stimulating, satisfying stuff., "Brooding, surreal, and unsettlingly vulnerable, Black Glass marks the arrival of a striking new voice. A brilliant debut." --James Bradley, author, The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War, '[An] impressive debut ... It's a bleak, recognisable vision of a possible tomorrow and Mundell colours it with imagination and intelligence ... Black Glass is made of stimulating, satisfying stuff.', I loved Black Glass . Tally--garrulous, resourceful and scared--is a wonderfully convincing child character whose voice I have missed since finishing the book. Meg Mundell skilfully exposes the manipulation and paranoia beneath the city of the future's gloss, and the marginalised existences of those excluded from the brave new world., 'Meg Mundell creates an eerie vision of an Australian city (it sounds a lot like what once was Melbourne) in her chilling debut novel, where we follow the lives of the two itinerant sisters.', "Mundell's debut novel Black Glass is wrought from a minimally tweaked reality in the all-too-near future . . . the novel also deals meatily with social engineering, economic segregation and the decay of news media . . . [it] is the arrival of a brave new voice to tweak Australia's literary scene." --Hamish McDougall, the Australian, Meg Mundell creates an eerie vision of an Australian city (it sounds a lot like what once was Melbourne) in her chilling debut novel, where we follow the lives of the two itinerant sisters., "[An] impressive debut . . . It's a bleak, recognisable vision of a possible tomorrow and Mundell colours it with imagination and intelligence . . . Black Glass is made of stimulating, satisfying stuff." --Gerard Elson, Readings Monthly, "I loved Black Glass . Tally--garrulous, resourceful, and scared--is a wonderfully convincing child character whose voice I have missed since finishing the book. Meg Mundell skillfully exposes the manipulation and paranoia beneath the city of the future's gloss, and the marginalized existences of those excluded from the brave new world." --Catherine O'Flynn, author, What Was Lost "Mundell's Melbourne is always intriguing, as the real and the imagined coalesce." --Colin Steele, the Canberra Times "In her brilliant debut novel, Mundell envisages a dark, sinister city of the not-too-distant future where massive surveillance and controls are used to crush citizens into submission." --Carlene Ellwood, the Mercury, " Black Glass presents a dark urban dystopian future of mass surveillance and government control, filled with corruption and morality gone wrong... Black Glass contains a mix of writing styles, adding to the big brother style of the book...The tension builds right until the end." -- Andrew Wrathall, Bookseller & Publisher "Meg Mundell creates an eerie vision of an Australian city (it sounds a lot like what once was Melbourne) in her chilling debut novel, where we follow the lives of the two itinerant sisters." -- Julia Ross, Courier Mail "A strong debut." -- Herald Sun "[An] impressive debut...It's a bleak, recognisable vision of a possible tomorrow and Mundell colours it with imagination and intelligence... Black Glass is made of stimulating, satisfying stuff." -- Gerard Elson, Readings Monthly "It's the unsettling combination of the known and the unknown that gives Mundell's work a real edge... Black Glass is thoughtful, intelligent fiction." -- Sophie Cunningham, Readings Monthly " Black Glass is a convincing piece of probable dystopia, ingeniously designed to save some of its best blows for the end. And the survival skills and no-nonsense voice of Tally are a pleasure to follow." -- Nicholas Reid, Sunday Star Times "It is a Melbourne that keeps us absorbed all the way to the novel's denouement. As in much speculative fiction, Mundell's aim is to warn us against destructive trends in contemporary society. What, she asks in this lively debut novel, are we becoming?" -- Rjurik Davidson, The Age "Mundell's debut novel Black Glass is wrought from a minimally tweaked reality in the all-too-near future...the novel also deals meatily with social engineering, economic segregation and the decay of news media...[it] is the arrival of a brave new voice to tweak Australia's literary scene." -- Hamish McDougall, The Australian "Mundell's Melbourne is always intriguing, as the real and the imagined coalesce." -- Colin Steele, The Canberra Times "In her brilliant debut novel, Mundell envisages a dark, sinister city of the not-too-distant future where massive surveillance and controls are used to crush citizens into submission." -- Carlene Ellwood, The Mercury "I loved Black Glass . Tally--garrulous, resourceful and scared--is a wonderfully convincing child character whose voice I have missed since finishing the book. Meg Mundell skilfully exposes the manipulation and paranoia beneath the city of the future's gloss, and the marginalised existences of those excluded from the brave new world." -- Catherine O'Flynn "Brooding, surreal and unsettlingly vulnerable, Black Glass marks the arrival of a striking new voice. A brilliant debut." -- James Bradley " Black Glass is a superb debut novel. Meg Mundell has invented a compelling futuristic version of our urban world that is not only original but--like all great speculative fiction--frighteningly recognisable. In addition, she has populated it with a cast of charismatic characters, notably the resourceful sisters Tally and Grace--truly an endearing and heroic pair." -- Chris Womersley, 'In her brilliant debut novel, Mundell envisages a dark, sinister city of the not-too-distant future where massive surveillance and controls are used to crush citizens into submission.', ' Black Glass is a convincing piece of probable dystopia, ingeniously designed to save some of its best blows for the end. And the survival skills and no-nonsense voice of Tally are a pleasure to follow.', 'It's the unsettling combination of the known and the unknown that gives Mundell's work a real edge ... Black Glass is thoughtful, intelligent fiction.', " Black Glass is a convincing piece of probable dystopia, ingeniously designed to save some of its best blows for the end. And the survival skills and no-nonsense voice of Tally are a pleasure to follow." --Nicholas Reid, Sunday Star Times , ' Black Glass presents a dark urban dystopian future of mass surveillance and government control, filled with corruption and morality gone wrong ... Black Glass contains a mix of writing styles, adding to the big brother style of the book ... The tension builds right until the end.', "A superb debut novel. Meg Mundell has invented a compelling futuristic version of our urban world that is not only original but--like all great speculative fiction--frighteningly recognizable. In addition, she has populated it with a cast of charismatic characters, notably the resourceful sisters Tally and Grace--truly an endearing and heroic pair." --Chris Womersley, author, Bereft and The Low Road, 'It is a Melbourne that keeps us absorbed all the way to the novel's denouement. As in much speculative fiction, Mundell's aim is to warn us against destructive trends in contemporary society. What, she asks in this lively debut novel, are we becoming?', 'Brooding, surreal and unsettlingly vulnerable, Black Glass marks the arrival of a striking new voice. A brilliant debut.', It is a Melbourne that keeps us absorbed all the way to the novel's denouement. As in much speculative fiction, Mundell's aim is to warn us against destructive trends in contemporary society. What, she asks in this lively debut novel, are we becoming?, Black Glass is a superb debut novel. Meg Mundell has invented a compelling futuristic version of our urban world that is not only original but--like all great speculative fiction--frighteningly recognisable. In addition, she has populated it with a cast of charismatic characters, notably the resourceful sisters Tally and Grace--truly an endearing and heroic pair., "Brooding, surreal, and unsettlingly vulnerable, Black Glass marks the arrival of a striking new voice. A brilliant debut." -James Bradley, author, The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War, "It is a Melbourne that keeps us absorbed all the way to the novel's denouement. As in much speculative fiction, Mundell's aim is to warn us against destructive trends in contemporary society. What, she asks in this lively debut novel, are we becoming?" --Rjurik Davidson, the Age, 'Mundell's debut novel Black Glass is wrought from a minimally tweaked reality in the all-too-near future ... the novel also deals meatily with social engineering, economic segregation and the decay of news media ... [it] is the arrival of a brave new voice to tweak Australia's literary scene.', "A superb debut novel. Meg Mundell has invented a compelling futuristic version of our urban world that is not only original but-like all great speculative fiction-frighteningly recognizable. In addition, she has populated it with a cast of charismatic characters, notably the resourceful sisters Tally and Grace-truly an endearing and heroic pair." -Chris Womersley, author, Bereft and The Low Road, Black Glass is a convincing piece of probable dystopia, ingeniously designed to save some of its best blows for the end. And the survival skills and no-nonsense voice of Tally are a pleasure to follow., Mundell's debut novel Black Glass is wrought from a minimally tweaked reality in the all-too-near future...the novel also deals meatily with social engineering, economic segregation and the decay of news media...[it] is the arrival of a brave new voice to tweak Australia's literary scene., Black Glass presents a dark urban dystopian future of mass surveillance and government control, filled with corruption and morality gone wrong ... Black Glass contains a mix of writing styles, adding to the big brother style of the book ...The tension builds right until the end., [An] impressive debut...It's a bleak, recognisable vision of a possible tomorrow and Mundell colours it with imagination and intelligence... Black Glass is made of stimulating, satisfying stuff., It's the unsettling combination of the known and the unknown that gives Mundell's work a real edge... Black Glass is thoughtful, intelligent fiction., 'I loved Black Glass . Tally -- garrulous, resourceful and scared -- is a wonderfully convincing child character whose voice I have missed since finishing the book. Meg Mundell skilfully exposes the manipulation and paranoia beneath the city of the future's gloss, and the marginalised existences of those excluded from the brave new world.', Brooding, surreal and unsettlingly vulnerable, Black Glass marks the arrival of a striking new voice. A brilliant debut.
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