Synopsis
The unnamed boy at the centre of this novel is raised by two aunts in Europe: Serghiana, who is the daughter of a Soviet general in the communist regime who goes on to work as a film producer in California; Madame Ady, who is a fashionable Viennese woman married to a famous conductor. How these two conflicting aunts try to influence the boy will have a profound effect on him for the rest of his life.Notes
* Dedication: 'In memory of NS, brother spirit' * Epigraph: "The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come."Critical reception
In ''Australian Book Review'' reviewer Paul Giles noted: "Abjuring the idea of the novel as a mere social construction, ''Red Heaven'' attempts instead to resuscitate ‘ghosts’ buried deep within the narrator’s psyche." The reviewer concluded that the novel "is a work of genuine intellectual exploration, original and provocative on its own hermetic terms."Awards
* 2022See also
* 2021 in Australian literatureReferences
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