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Arnold Zable (born 1947) is an Australian writer, novelist, storyteller and human rights advocate. His books include the memoir Jewels and Ashes, three novels: Café Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven, and Sea of Many Returns, two collections of stories: The Fig Tree and Violin Lessons, and The Fighter. His most recent book, The Watermill, was published in March 2020.

Life

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Zable was born on 10 January 1947 in Wellington, New Zealand to Polish-Jewish refugee parents.[1] They moved early in his life to Australia and he grew up in Carlton, Victoria. Arnold has been active member of the Melbourne Jewish Labour Bund.[2]

Themes and style

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Zable is known as a storyteller — through his memoirs, short stories and novels. Australian critic Susan Varga says that Zable's award-winning memoir, Jewels and Ashes, "was a ground-breaking book in Australia, one of the first of what has since become a distinct auto/biographical genre: a second-generation writer returns to the scene of unspeakable crimes to try to understand a fraught and complex legacy, and, in so doing, embarks on a journey into the self."[3]

In an interview Zable explained that the rights and experiences of refugees and asylum seekers underpins his work:

The current generation of refugees are experiencing the intense challenges faced by previous generations. We tend to forget, or fail to imagine, how difficult it is to start life anew far from the homeland. We forget also that nostalgia, the longing for the return to homeland, is a deep and enduring aspect of the refugee experience.[4]

In the same interview he said about his language that "I am drawn to the quirky sayings and observations that define a person or a culture".[4]

Awards and nominations

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Bibliography

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Books

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Year Title Imprint ISBN
1982 Clown Boy Oxford University Press ISBN 0195543777
The River Man ISBN 0195543831
1991 Jewels and Ashes Scribe ISBN 0908011202
1998 Wanderers and Dreamers: Tales of the David Herman Theatre Hyland House ISBN 1864470615
2001 Cafe Scheherazade Text Publishing ISBN 187648571X
2002 The Fig Tree ISBN 1877008230
2004 Scraps of Heaven ISBN 1877008869
2008 Sea of Many Returns ISBN 9781921351532
2011 Violin Lessons ISBN 9781921758478
2012 Lygon St, Little Bourke St, Lonsdale St.: The Vibrant History of Melbourne's Italian, Chinese and Greek Cultural Precincts: Stories From the Heart of Melbourne City of Melbourne OCLC 828643946
2016 The Fighter Text Publishing ISBN 9781925355062
2020 The Watermill ISBN 9781922268556

Critical studies and reviews of Zable's work

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Violin lessons
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References

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  • ^ Varga, Susan Masterly Tales: Arnold Zable, The Fig tree
  • ^ a b Arnold Zable interviewed by Mark Rubbo, Managing Director of Readings
  • ^ a b c d e Jewish Australia: Arnold Zable
  • ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  • ^ "Zable honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature". Books+Publishing. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arnold_Zable&oldid=1162332153"

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