Boy Swallows Universe (novel)
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| Author | Trent Dalton |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Bildungsroman, literary fiction, Contemporary fantasy, Urban fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 18 March 2019 |
| Media type | Print (paperback), Audiobook |
| Pages | 528 (paperpack) |
| ISBN | 9781460757765 Search this book on  . (paperback) |
Boy Swallows Universe is the debut novel by Australian author Trent Dalton. The novel has won a number of awards and been adapted as a play and performed by the Queensland Theatre in 2021.[1]
Characters[edit]
- Eli Bell: The narrator and main protagonist
- August Bell: Eli's older brother
- Frankie: Eli and August's mother
- Lyle: Frankie's boyfriend
- Eli's father
- Caitlyn Spies: a journalist and Eli's boyhood crush
- Tytus Broz: the Lord of Limbs
- Iwan Krol: Tytus' henchman
Reviews[edit]
- Michael Cart in The Booklist wrote: "Teens who enjoy literary fiction will be enchanted by this remarkably readable and memorable novel."[2]
- Ellen Morton in The Washington Post: ""Boy Swallows Universe" hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak." [3]
- Amelia Lester in New York times: "One can’t help quibbling that the story seems designed with an eye to its own presumed dramatic adaptation. (Dalton’s résumé includes a few screenplays.) The violence is occasionally too much. Toward the end, a plot point involving severed limbs is downright fanciful. Such florid unpleasantries feel all the more gratuitous because the most compelling aspects of “Boy Swallows Universe” come from real life." [4]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2019 ABIA Book of the Year Award, Winner
- 2019 Indie Book Award, Winner
- 2019 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner
- 2019 People's Choice Award, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner
- 2019 MUD Literary Prize, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Audiobook of the Year, Winner
- 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Longlisted
- 2019 Colin Roderick Award, Shortlisted
References[edit]
- ↑ "Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe". Brisbane Festival. Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ↑ Cart, Michael (Feb 1, 2019). "Boy Swallows Universe". The Booklist. 115 (11): 27–28.
- ↑ Morton, Ellen (Apr 3, 2019). "'Boy Swallows Universe' is a high-stakes coming-of-age story: In Australian writer Trent Dalton's buzzy debut, a lovable, imaginative boy is forced to grow up". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Lester, Amelia (May 7, 2019). "'Boy Swallows Universe' Follows a Gritty Coming-of-Age in 1980s Australia: Fiction". New York Times (Online).
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