Pink Mountain on Locust Island
Written by Jamie Marina Lau
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
4/5
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About this audiobook
Fifteen-year-old Monk drifts through a monotonous existence in a grimy Chinatown apartment with her “grumpy brown couch” of a dad, until she meets high school senior Santa Coy (santacoyshotsauce@gmail.com). For a moment, it looks like he might be her boyfriend. But when Monk's dad becomes obsessed with Santa Coy's artwork, Monk finds herself shunted to the sidelines as her father and the object of her affections begin to hatch a scheme of their own. To keep up, Monk must navigate a combustible cocktail of odd assignments, peculiar places, and murky underworld connections.
In Jamie Marina Lau's debut novel, shortlisted for Australia's prestigious Stella Prize when she was nineteen years old, hazily surreal vignettes conjure a multifaceted world of philosophical angst and lackadaisical violence.
Jamie Marina Lau
Jamie Marina Lau is a twenty-three-year-old multidisciplinary writer and artist. Her debut novel Pink Mountain on Locust Island won the 2018 Melbourne Prize Readings Residency Award; was shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize, the 2019 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, and the Australia Literature Society Gold Medal. Her writing can also be found in various publications. She is currently in the process of writing her second novel, Gunk Baby, working on various projects, and producing music.
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Reviews for Pink Mountain on Locust Island
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Jamie Marina Lau is clearly a very gifted writer, especially considering her age. With that said, she has some maturing to do in order to move beyond the showy “turn of phrase meets stream of consciousness” writing style of this book. The writing becomes tedious rather quickly, as it relies heavily on descriptive word play rather than structure, plot and character development. It reads more like a very lengthy poem than a book.
With that said, I look forward to future works from this writer. I am certain the success of this book will open doors for her, and I hope that she encounters mentors who will help her hone her style and develop her voice.