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Into the Suburbs
Into the Suburbs

Into the Suburbs

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

200 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $23.99 (US $23.99) (CA $31.99)

Publication Date: November 2020

ISBN 9780702262968

Rights: US & CA

University Of Queensland Press (Nov 2020)
University of Queensland Press

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Overview

'In Calcutta we were crammed in among crowds, traffic and pollution. We had visions of breathing fresh, clean air and living in a classless society where everyone was your mate.' Christopher Raja was eleven years old when his father, David, decided to move the family to Australia in pursuit of the idyllic lifestyle. They brought their hopes and aspirations to a bungalow in Melbourne's outer suburbs. On the surface, the Rajas appeared to be living a 'normal' Australian life. Throughout his teenage years, Christopher embraces the freedoms of his adopted country, while his father becomes more and more disenchanted. Just as Christopher is settling into university, the family is rocked by a tragic and unexpected loss. Exploring topical issues of race, class and migration, Into the Suburbs is an affecting portrait of one family's search for home.

Reviews

'A deeply human exploration of exile, love and grief, narrated in a voice that rings clear as a bell. Images linger brightly in the mind, small moments are freighted with wonder and loss. Engrossing and heartfelt.' —Meg Mundell, author of The Trespassers

Author Biography

Christopher Raja is an Indian-born Australian author of short stories, essays, a play, and a novel. He co-authored the play The First Garden with Natasha Raja, which was performed in botanical gardens throughout Australia and published by Currency Press in 2012. His debut novel, The Burning Elephant, was published in 2015 (Giramondo). It was written with the assistance of an Australia Council New Work grant. Christopher has been twice shortlisted for the Northern Territory Writers Centre's Chief Minister's Book of the Year award. He migrated from Calcutta to Melbourne in 1986, and spends his time between Melbourne and Alice Springs.