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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Almost a Mirror
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'What we make of memories and what they make of us.

'Like fireflies to the light, Mona, Benny and Jimmy are drawn into the elegantly wasted orbit of the Crystal Ballroom and the post-punk scene of 80s Melbourne, a world that includes Nick Cave and Dodge, a photographer pushing his art to the edge.

'With precision and richness Kirsten Krauth hauntingly evokes the power of music to infuse our lives, while diving deep into loss, beauty, innocence and agency. Filled with unforgettable characters, the novel is above all about the shapes that love can take and the many ways we express tenderness throughout a lifetime.

'As it moves between the Blue Mountains and Melbourne, Sydney and Castlemaine, Almost a Mirror reflects on the healing power of creativity and the everyday sacredness of family and friendship in the face of unexpected tragedy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Finn
  • Epigraph: I've never found growing up to be straight and linear ... is been quite a zigzag, fixing one hole and then springing a leak somewhere else. - Ben Folds 
     

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Transit Lounge , 2020 .
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      Extent: 304p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 April 2020.
      ISBN: 9781925760507 (pbk)

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Spotlight : Kirsten Krauth Remy Varga (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 November 2021; (p. 3)
Book Review : Almost a Mirror by Kirsten Krauth Anna Westbrook , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2020;

— Review of Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel

'A novel of reminiscence for a different time: 1980s Australia and its rumbustious music scene.'

Kate Grenville, Sofie Laguna, Julia Baird and Others : The 20 Best Australian Books of 2020 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 December 2020;
June in Fiction Michalia Arathimos , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2020;

— Review of The Fogging Luke Horton , 2020 single work novel ; The Spill Imbi Neeme , 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel
Kirsten Krauth : Almost a Mirror Oliver Reeson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 April - 1 May 2020;

— Review of Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel

'Almost a Mirror, the second novel from Kirsten Krauth, is a dark and sticky trip to the post-punk music scene of Melbourne in the 1980s. Mona, Jimmy, Beñat, Kaz and Dodge – along with some Nick Cave cameos – orbit St Kilda’s Crystal Ballroom as the text spins and staggers between eras, moments and memories.' (Introduction)

The Adversary; The Animals in That Country; Only Mostly Devastated; Exciting Times; Stone Sky Gold Mountain; Almost A Mirror Ellen Cregan , Angus Dalton , Astrid Edwards , Elizabeth Flux , Jes Layton , Alan Vaarwerk , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2020;

— Review of The Adversary Ronnie Scott , 2020 single work novel ; The Animals in that Country Laura Jean McKay , 2020 single work novel ; Only Mostly Devastated Sophie Gonzales , 2020 single work novel ; Stone Sky Gold Mountain Mirandi Riwoe , 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel
Kirsten Krauth : Almost a Mirror Oliver Reeson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 April - 1 May 2020;

— Review of Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel

'Almost a Mirror, the second novel from Kirsten Krauth, is a dark and sticky trip to the post-punk music scene of Melbourne in the 1980s. Mona, Jimmy, Beñat, Kaz and Dodge – along with some Nick Cave cameos – orbit St Kilda’s Crystal Ballroom as the text spins and staggers between eras, moments and memories.' (Introduction)

June in Fiction Michalia Arathimos , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2020;

— Review of The Fogging Luke Horton , 2020 single work novel ; The Spill Imbi Neeme , 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel
Book Review : Almost a Mirror by Kirsten Krauth Anna Westbrook , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2020;

— Review of Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel

'A novel of reminiscence for a different time: 1980s Australia and its rumbustious music scene.'

Kate Grenville, Sofie Laguna, Julia Baird and Others : The 20 Best Australian Books of 2020 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 December 2020;
Spotlight : Kirsten Krauth Remy Varga (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 November 2021; (p. 3)
Last amended 6 Oct 2022 13:27:53
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Castlemaine, Castlemaine area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
  • Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1980s
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