{"product_id":"dusk-isbn-9781662603303","title":"Dusk","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e best book of 2025 so far\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Arnott has an astonishing facility with language, and his prose imbues the Tasmanian wilderness with an extraordinary, immanent beauty . . . Starkly beautiful and deeply felt.” —James Bradley, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This is a propulsive novel of survival and betrayal, enriched by arresting depictions of nature.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arresting . . . Readers will be utterly captivated by this atmospheric tale of danger and survival.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eNorth Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDusk\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, moody, and atmospheric take on the Western.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into this wild, haunted country, they discover there's far more to the land and people of the highlands than they imagined. And as they close in on their prey, they're forced to reckon with conflicts both ancient and deeply personal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rain Heron\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDusk \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful, mythical tale of loss, redemption, and survival.\"This is a propulsive novel of survival and betrayal, enriched by arresting depictions of nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] meditative novel . . . As [the twins] traverse a ghostly landscape of snow, mist, and fossils, they confront questions of morality and belonging.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arresting . . . Readers will be utterly captivated by this atmospheric tale of danger and survival.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arnott neatly balances the story of the hunt with excursions into the Renshaws’ troubled past . . . But even as he propels the novel’s plot forward, Arnott’s evocative prose keeps the ruggedly beautiful 'freeing, lung-emptying openness' of the Tasmanian highlands—an environment that poses an ever-shifting set of fearsome obstacles to Iris and Floyd—in the foreground.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHarvey Freedenberg, \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a great summer read—plunging you into both an atmospheric location and a heart-pounding story.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMelanie Fleishman, Center for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Following twins Iris and Floyd through the Tasmanian highlands, on a mission to hunt the man-killing puma Dusk, this book knocked the wind right out of me, like a guttural punch to the stomach. Robbie Arnott transforms the world through his spell-binding writing, combining elements of magical realism into this eco-western fiction, making the environment feel like the unnamed main character. \u003ci\u003eDusk \u003c\/i\u003eis devastating and brutal; unforgiving like nature.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAmy McInnes, BookPeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A red-in-tooth-and-claw saga . . . While time and place are left vague, everything else is drawn vividly, not least the stunning, monumental landscape: a character in itself, it seems to nod to past crimes and extinctions, eerily strewn as it is with bones . . . An absorbing adventure nonetheless.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStephanie Cross, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is nature writing at its finest.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSam Franzini, \u003ci\u003eOur Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stories about escaped big cats—especially panthers—have roamed the outlands of the Australian settler-colonial imagination for more than a century . . . In \u003ci\u003eDusk\u003c\/i\u003e, Robbie Arnott takes these myths and reimagines them with fascinating results . . . Much of the magic of Dusk grows out of the writing. As anybody who has read any of his previous novels will know, Arnott has an astonishing facility with language, and his prose imbues the Tasmanian wilderness with an extraordinary, immanent beauty . . . Starkly beautiful and deeply felt.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJames Bradley, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arnott's prose is expansive and beautifully rendered, bringing the harshness and beauty of the landscape to life, both of which are given an almost dreamlike heightening by the mystery of the time and setting. A lush, immersive read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCatherine Jarvie, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDusk\u003c\/i\u003e is a sublime novel of loss and redemption, fight and surrender, that left me in absolute awe. Robbie Arnott's prose is incandescent, his storytelling mythic and filled with a wisdom that extends beyond the page. With \u003ci\u003eDusk\u003c\/i\u003e, he asserts himself as one of Australia's finest literary writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHannah Kent, author of \u003ci\u003eBurial Rites\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobbie Arnott is a Tasmanian novelist. He’s been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, twice-shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and has twice won The Age Book of the Year. He lives in Hobart with his wife and children.","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233117876453,"sku":"NP9781662603303","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781662603303.jpg?v=1767725776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dusk-isbn-9781662603303","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}