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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Disturbance
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'Disturbance is a book-length poem by Ivy Alvarez that chronicles a brutal murder case, based on fact, of a multiple-homicide, where an entire family was gunned down by the husband/father. The book features poems in a kaleidoscope of voices from all the characters involved. We first meet the family itself and witness how the father's controlling attitude gradually escalates into violence. Then we get the aftermath: the authorities, police and neighbours, who all might have helped to prevent this tragedy. This is a very dark book, but a courageous one, ultimately about evil and its presence in our everyday lives. The fact that this family was relatively well-to-do, seemingly prosperous and well-connected, adds another layer of intrigue and mystery. Some graphic violence, but emphasis on character and motivation.' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

Disturbance Rachel Walzer , Mark Ferris (composer), 2019 single work musical theatre

A musical theatre adaptation of Ivy Alvarez's verse novel on domestic violence.

Notes

  • A novel in verse

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Extent: 87p.
      ISBN: 9781781720875

Works about this Work

Craft and Truth Nicholas Birns , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel 2023; (p. 258-273)

'This chapter lays out the reasons that the verse novel has been unusually prominent in Australia, considering key examples such as Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask (1994), a lesbian detective thriller, and the four other significant verse novels she composed, to the late 1980s trio of Laurie Duggan (The Ash Range), John A. Scott (St Clair) and Alan Wearne (The Nightmarkets). It then goes on to discuss Indigenous and Asian-Australian practitioners of the verse novel form such as Ali Cobby Eckermann and Ivy Alvarez.'

Angela Stretch Reviews Disturbance by Ivy Alvarez Angela Stretch , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , April no. 17 2015;

— Review of Disturbance Ivy Alvarez , 2013 single work novel
Andy Jackson Reviews Ivy Alvarez and Janet Galbraith Andy Jackson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , November no. 48.0 2014;

— Review of Disturbance Ivy Alvarez , 2013 single work novel ; Re-Membering Janet Galbraith , 2013 selected work poetry
Andy Jackson Reviews Ivy Alvarez and Janet Galbraith Andy Jackson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , November no. 48.0 2014;

— Review of Disturbance Ivy Alvarez , 2013 single work novel ; Re-Membering Janet Galbraith , 2013 selected work poetry
Angela Stretch Reviews Disturbance by Ivy Alvarez Angela Stretch , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , April no. 17 2015;

— Review of Disturbance Ivy Alvarez , 2013 single work novel
Craft and Truth Nicholas Birns , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel 2023; (p. 258-273)

'This chapter lays out the reasons that the verse novel has been unusually prominent in Australia, considering key examples such as Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask (1994), a lesbian detective thriller, and the four other significant verse novels she composed, to the late 1980s trio of Laurie Duggan (The Ash Range), John A. Scott (St Clair) and Alan Wearne (The Nightmarkets). It then goes on to discuss Indigenous and Asian-Australian practitioners of the verse novel form such as Ali Cobby Eckermann and Ivy Alvarez.'

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