Pink Mountain on Locust Island

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Pink Mountain on Locust Island
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AuthorJamie Marina Lau
GenreFiction
Publisher Brow Books
Publication date
3 April 2018
Publication placeAustralia
Pages208
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]

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Publication history

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]

Reception

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]

Awards

Awards for Pink Mountain on Locust Island
YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2019 Stella Prize —Shortlisted [2] [10]
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards UTS Glenda Adams Award for New WritingShortlisted [11]
ALS Gold Medal —Shortlisted [3]
2018 Readings Prize New Australian Fiction PrizeShortlisted [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pink Mountain on Locust Island". Hachette Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Pink Mountain on Locust Island – Jamie Marina Lau". Stella Prize. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "ALS Gold Medal". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Carey, Patrick (8 March 2019). "Independent publishers blitz Australia's top prize for writing by women". ABC News. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "New interim board at The Lifted Brow apologises, promises restructure". Books+Publishing. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pink Mountain on Locust Island". Coffee House Press. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ↑ On, Thuy (12 May 2018). "Pink Mountain on Locust Island by Jamie Marina Lau". The Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Pink Mountain on Locust Island". Kirkus Reviews. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Pink Mountain on Locust Island by Jamie Marina Lau". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Nelson, Camilla (7 April 2019). "Stella Prize 2019: your guide to the shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Kembrey, Melanie (28 February 2019). "2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlist announced". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Meet the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist 2018". Readings. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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