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Fairlight Moderns
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- ISBN 9781912054961
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Fairlight Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'With the subtlest of touches, Baines succeeds in capturing the competing desires and concerns of a nation's inexorable rise' —Alluvium Journal
China. Present day. Lindon, an Australian project manager with a failed marriage behind him, is lured to the country with the promise of a more than lucrative salary. His task: to solve the problem of a 'nail house', the home of a stubborn old man who refuses to relocate. The house is now stranded, a small island of tradition stuck within a growing jungle of glass and steel. Even as the bulldozers move in and the skyscrapers rise around him, the old man refuses to move.
But when Lindon arrives to negotiate with the old man and his family, he finds sense where he had thought there would be nonsense, and love where he thought there would be war.
China. Present day. Lindon, an Australian project manager with a failed marriage behind him, is lured to the country with the promise of a more than lucrative salary. His task: to solve the problem of a 'nail house', the home of a stubborn old man who refuses to relocate. The house is now stranded, a small island of tradition stuck within a growing jungle of glass and steel. Even as the bulldozers move in and the skyscrapers rise around him, the old man refuses to move.
But when Lindon arrives to negotiate with the old man and his family, he finds sense where he had thought there would be nonsense, and love where he thought there would be war.
Originally from Sydney, Gregory Baines moved to China in 2001 where he spent thirteen years as an English teacher. During this time, he became a short story writer, publishing collections with other writers. In his last years there, he started The Nail House, much of it inspired by his experiences living in China. Returning to Australia a few years ago, Gregory now lives in a small country village outside Canberra.
