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Narrated by:
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Henry Nixon
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Anna Skellern
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By:
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Robbie Arnott
About this listen
Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist 2019
Winner of the Margaret Scott Prize 2019
In Robbie Arnott’s widely acclaimed and much-loved first novel, a young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his sister, Charlotte - who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire.
The answers to these riddles are to be found in this tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island. Utterly original in conception, spellbinding in its descriptions of nature and celebration of language, Flames is one of the most exciting debuts of recent years.
©2018 Robbie Arnott (P)2020 W. F. HowesCritic Reviews
"A strange and joyous marvel." (Richard Flanagan)
"Ambitious storytelling from a stunning new Australian voice. Flames is constantly surprising - I never knew where the story would take me next. This book has a lovely sense of wonder for the world. It’s brimming with heart and compassion." (Rohan Wilson)
"Robbie Arnott is a vivid and bold new voice in Australian fiction." (Danielle Wood)
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- Pamela Hawke
- 17-06-2023
Flames
As a Tasmanian born reader, growing up way south of the big smoke, i totally feel Robbies need to tell this story. He has a real depth of understanding of this most beautiful & terrible place, of the force of weather, the destruction brought by white settlement on nature & eco systems. This story makes us think, & as the island does it leaves us with more questions than answers
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- Atosha Clancy
- 04-07-2022
Captivating
What an exceptional novel. Arnott creatively uses the voices of his characters to layer a damn good story, whilst rooting the reader firmly in the Tasmanian landscape. Inhabiting each character so completely, so skilfully, narrators Skellern and Nixon brought Arnott’s words to life, drawing me in and holding me for every minute of a long car trip. It was a pleasure to listen to this unusual story.
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- Rebecca
- 19-04-2023
Loved it!
Teaching this to my VCE students and absolutely loved the narration and voice and styles of the characters.
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- Katrina Steffens
- 07-05-2023
Unusual but I couldn't stop listening, very enjoya
An interesting story with so many intertwined features. Each chapter is told in the first person and I was a little confused sometimes who the speaker was. It's an unusual story with some chapters having animals and weather as the focus, but it was really enjoyable.
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- Awakening WoMan
- 31-12-2022
Wonderful companion as I travel the Tasmania landscape
This delightful novel exquisitely weaving lives together in deep poet metaphors. Beautifully written and asks one to view life very differently than a linear colonist frame. It I posted me to continue listening to “Limberlost” which I loved as equally.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2023
Mmmmm-a complex compelling narrative.
Many parts of this are exquisite, some parts heartbreaking , all parts clever. Eventually everything intertwines but some characters are left unfinished in some ways.
Love the seal component and the water rat narrative is quite extraordinary-what a perspective!
Incredible imagination and the language is superb. It’s clever and nothing like anything I have read. It keeps you thinking long after finishing. I do like that all novels by this author finish with hope.
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- Anne
- 19-07-2023
Unique and Engaging
Robbie Arnott has a really unique approach to the idea of ‘magical realism’. You really never know where a story will take you, or who, in fact will take you there.
This is a chocolate box of different perspectives and writing styles, well captured by the narrators. Some are sublime, others gripping, some languid, a bit of comedy and some indescribable here.
In these short bursts, his characters are incredibly rich and thoroughly drawn. .. and then there’s the landscape.
I really like Arnott’s perspective of humans’ relationships with animals and the natural world, in all its variety.
I also like that each story weaves in another connection and unveils another element of the overall mystery.
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- Cayden Dacion
- 22-01-2023
school work done!
this is great for school and great for education, fantastic author robbie arnott talking about the gods within tassie!
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- Kyle
- 23-01-2023
Decent
I felt this book started off somewhat challenging and I’m new to this style of book but towards the end it all began to make more and more sense and I found myself to start enjoying the story somewhat I have traveled across the region and it’s interesting to hear a tale of gods and fire spanning across the land.
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- Steph
- 09-05-2023
A remarkable imaginative story
Such a range of characters and layers of story interwoven in a surprising way - a mythic quality
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