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Author | Jamie Marina Lau |
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Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Brow Books |
Publication date | 3 April 2018 |
Publication place | Australia |
Pages | 208 |
ISBN | 9780994606884 |
Pink Mountain on Locust Island is a 2018 novel by Jamie Marina Lau. The novel follows a 15-year-old girl named Monk living in Chinatown of an unnamed city with her father. Monk meets a 19-year-old art student named Santa Coy and is drawn into his world of art, crime and drugs. [1] The novel was shortlisted for several awards, including the 2019 Stella Prize and ALS Gold Medal. [2] [3]
Pink Mountain on Locust Island was first published by Brow Books, the publishing arm of The Lifted Brow , in 2018 ( ISBN 9780994606884). [4] After Brow Books entered hiatus in 2020, the novel was picked up by Hachette Australia, which published the novel on 28 April 2021 ( ISBN 9780733647161). [1] [5] The novel was published in the United States by Coffee House Press on 8 September 2020 ( ISBN 9781566895941). [6]
Pink Mountain on Locust Island received generally positive reviews. In a review in The Australian , Thuy On wrote that the novel was "patchy", praising its experimental prose and structure but noting that parts of the novel lacked substance. [7] A review in Kirkus Reviews concurred, describing the novel as "hypnotizing and inscrutable" while noting that the prose was occasionally so dense that its meaning became obscured. [8] A review in Publishers Weekly praised the novel's "fragmented noir aesthetic" and described the work as a perceptive debut. [9]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Stella Prize | — | Shortlisted | [2] [10] |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing | Shortlisted | [11] | |
ALS Gold Medal | — | Shortlisted | [3] | |
2018 | Readings Prize | New Australian Fiction Prize | Shortlisted | [12] |