The Slap
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires.
What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity – all the passions and conflicting beliefs – that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
The Slap has struck one of the nerves of contemporary society the vulnerability of children. Tsiolkas has a profoundly Australian voice that challenges our taboos and reflects contemporary life.
This book looks deeply into the modern family and 21st century life.
A novel about the relationships between children and adults and the new Australian multicultural middle-class. Slap is proving to have widespread popular and critical appeal.