The Deck
Author(s): Fiona Farrell
During a time of plague and profound social collapse, a group of friends escape to a house in the country where they entertain themselves by playing music, eating, drinking and telling stories about their lives. The Deck borrows the motifs of Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century masterpiece The Decameron to tell the story of another small group gathered in a bay on Banks Peninsula during a time, a little way off in the future, of contagion and global catastrophe. What is the role of fiction, this novel asks, as civilisation falters? What is the point of inventing stories when reality so eclipses what we can imagine?
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One of the things about Fiona is that she is absolutely impossible to pigeonhole and she's one of those truly multi-talented writers . . . I think it is a work of absolute genius and a reflection on our times . . . it encapsulates our lives. LYNN FREEMAN, RADIO NZThe evocative nature writing, the nuanced points of view, and the sharpness and clarity of the non-fiction wraparound sing the The Deck to vivid life. Flashes of wit and humour sparkle through the text. . . . The Deck is a modern masterpiece of invention and curated facts by a writer at the height of her powers, a luminous intelligence and compassion shining forth from every page. SUE REIDY, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND REVIEW OF BOOKS
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Vintage
- : 31 March 2023
- : books
Special Fields
- : Fiona Farrell
- : 304