{"product_id":"the-chantic-bird-text-classics","title":"The Chantic Bird: Text Classics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chantic Bird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the confession of a teenage anarchist, who combines a contempt for contemporary society with a great tenderness and warmth for his younger siblings and for Bee, the girl who looks after them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of David Ireland's masterful novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chantic Bird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e contains the same characteristic indictment of the bovine mindlessness of collective humanity, and the home-owning wage slaves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chantic Bird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes with a new introduction by Geordie Williamson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Ireland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in 1927 in south-western Sydney. He lived in many places and worked at many jobs, including greenskeeper, factory hand, and for an extended period in an oil refinery, before he became a full-time writer. His first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chantic Bird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published in 1968. In the next decade he published five further novels, three of which won the Miles Franklin Award: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unknown Industrial Prisoner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Glass Canoe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Woman of the Future\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. David Ireland was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1981. In 1985 he received the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArchimedes and the Seagull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most remarkable novels - first, fifth or fifteenth - to appear on the scene for many a long day...Compassionate and pitiless, savage and sad, ironic and naive, horrifying and farcical.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gloriously and savagely comic.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdelaide Advertiser\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52044995887425,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3087\/9041\/files\/20_2ff4a858-d076-4221-a0fd-be3017c0d144.webp?v=1785586200","url":"https:\/\/www.bookemporium.pk\/products\/the-chantic-bird-text-classics","provider":"The Book Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}