My beautiful enemy cory taylor national library of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The story is narrated by arthur wheeler who was, in 1945, a seventeenyearold army guard at tatura, an internment camp for japanese in victoria. My beautiful enemy by cory taylor book cover, description, publication history. The story is set in a japanese internment camp in regional victoria during world war ii. It spans a period when many japanese civilians were forced to live and wait out the war in internment camps and describes a part of australian history that is unfamiliar to many australians. If you dont know these books you have a treat in store. As her health worsened, taylor wrote her last book dying. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
My beautiful enemy by cory taylor 2014, ukpaperback, new. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. It seems to take no time to read my beautiful enemy, the second novel from brisbane author cory taylor, whose 2011 debut, me and mr booker, was a. Arthur wheeler is haunted by his infatuation with a japanese youth he encountered in the enemy alien camp where he worked as. My beautiful enemy ebook by cory taylor rakuten kobo.
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Arthur wheeler is a 17yearold guard at a japanese internment camp in country victoria. Writer cory taylor lives between australia and japan, and her latest novel my beautiful enemy moves between cultures too. Australian bookseller and publisher an almost unbearably beautiful story about longing and secret lives in which grief and joy turn out to be much the same thing. Arthur wheeler is a young soldier who develops an infatuation with a japanese youth, leading to personally devastating consequences. A screenwriter by training and profession, late in her life cory wrote two audacious and original novelsme and mr booker and my beautiful enemy, both of them honoured by the juries of major literary awards. In this context, arthurs private battles against his own nature, and against the conventions of his time, can only end in heartache. He stares out of them almost miserably, as if his loveliness is an affliction. My beautiful enemy ebook por cory taylor 9781921961618. Cory taylor is an awardwinning screenwriter who has also published short fiction and childrens books. Buy my beautiful enemy by cory taylor, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. Please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required.