Volume 17 No. 2 — 1 October 1995

‘Things are Cast Adrift’: Brian Castro’s Fiction

Peter Pierce

Abstract

Extensively quotes from Castro's comments on his own writing process in order to show how such 'self-referential games ... in the literary playground' construct and deconstruct the fiction.

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Published 1 October 1995 in Volume 17 No. 2. Subjects: Characterisation, Literary influences, Narrative techniques, Racial identity - Literary portrayal, Writer's inspiration, Brian Castro.

Cite as: Pierce, Peter. ‘‘Things are Cast Adrift’: Brian Castro’s Fiction.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1995, doi: 10.20314/als.5765119863.

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