image of person or book cover 4364442369434442001.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
  • Author:agent Alan Gould http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/gould-alan
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'...with scarcely a disruption to her rhythm, a gaunt Indian woman in purple sari voided the contents of her nostril onto her hand then cast the necklace of silvery substance aside. O, Boon was a proper enough schoolboy, instructed in the use of the British handkerchief, and yet the gaunt woman’s action lodged in my mind, an image repellent, beautiful, troubling.

'Claude Boon and Henry Luck, young poets in quest of their muses, cut a swathe through the cultural capitals and byways of Europe and Asia towards the end of the Cold War.

'The Poets’ Stairwell revitalises the picaresque novel. Vibrant, sensuous and layered, it has a tumble of characters and pranks.

'Anarchist puckish Beamish, the Isadora Duncan-like Eva, class warrior, Branca, a libidinous translator of poems with Jelena, her iconoclast daughter, Luc Courlai a jailed French philosopher, Titus the Yankee acrobat who cradles his gun like a baby, Mr Hark a saintly Irish funeral director, Willi a German truck driver versed in Thomas Aquinas and sensible Rhee, Henry’s girlfriend—amongst others.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy North, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Pepper , 2015 .
      image of person or book cover 4364442369434442001.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 326p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 17th February 2015

      ISBN: 9781876044800

Works about this Work

Alan Gould, The Poets’ Stairwell Kay Hart , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 8 no. 1 2015;

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
Adventures across a Literary Landscape Anthony Lynch , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 August 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
'The Poets' Stairwell' by Alan Gould Gillian Dooley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 42)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
On the Road with a Couple of Poets Full of Promise Picaresque Pair Take on the World Peter Pierce , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 2015; (p. 25) The Canberra Times , 11 April 2015; (p. 14) The Age , 11 April 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
On the Road with a Couple of Poets Full of Promise Picaresque Pair Take on the World Peter Pierce , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 2015; (p. 25) The Canberra Times , 11 April 2015; (p. 14) The Age , 11 April 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
'The Poets' Stairwell' by Alan Gould Gillian Dooley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 42)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
Adventures across a Literary Landscape Anthony Lynch , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 August 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
Alan Gould, The Poets’ Stairwell Kay Hart , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 8 no. 1 2015;

— Review of The Poet's Stairwell : A Picaresque Novel Alan Gould , 2015 single work novel
Last amended 11 Jul 2018 16:39:49
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X