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'In a city locked in a kind of perpetual twilight, an antiquarian bookseller accepts a very strange commission - the valuation of a rare codex. Within its fragile pages is the story of another book, another codex, but unravelling the mystery may mean unravelling the nature of reality itself...
'A noirish mystery. A speculative fiction with a social conscience. An unbridled imagination, and a scholar's bibliomanic preoccupations. From Here On, Monsters stretches the boundaries of what we consider fiction in weird and totally wonderful ways...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Friday Essay : Do Readers Dream of Running a Bookshop? Books about Booksellers Are Having a Moment – the Reality Can Be Less Romantic
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 December 2023;'My mother and I wanted to open a bookshop. We signed up for a CAE course, which was cancelled when the bookseller who ran it went out of business. I learnt this later because I went on to work in a bookshop and the book business is a small world.' (Introduction)
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Elizabeth Bryer, From Here On
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , December no. 39 2020;
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel 'Aesthetic theorist Theodor Adorno believed that authentic works of art recreate an experience of the individual suffering due to socially imposed mechanisms, as a way of expressing a universal historical truth. Elizabeth Bryer's debut novel, From Here On, Monsters, published in July 2019, captures a timely human experience as it renders the suffering of Illegal Maritime Arrivals (IMA) at the hands of Australian bureaucracy, a major source of contention in the months preceding last year's federal election.' (Introduction) -
[Review] From Here On, Monsters
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 123 2019;
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel -
Journeys into Our Brave New Reality
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 August 2019; (p. 25)
— Review of The Subjects 2019 single work novel ; From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel'We inhabit a moment where reality seems increasingly malleable, a construct that serves the interests of the powerful by eliding and obscuring the truth. From police demanding journalists submit to fingerprinting to the rejection of science by lobby groups and politicians, the control and manipulation of information has become so normalised that most of the time we no longer even notice it.'(Introduction)
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 39)
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel'The most charismatic of the many monsters in Elizabeth Bryer’s début novel is the conceptual artist Maddison Worthington, who commands attention with her lipstick of ‘Mephistophelian red’ and her perfume of ‘white woods, musk and heliotrope’. From the solitude of a labyrinthine mansion, Worthington devises headline-grabbing installations, and performances that often incorporate hidden-camera footage of her audiences. Her ideas, though provocative, are largely stolen from her assistants or from little-known artists in developing countries. Worst of all, Worthington has accepted a lucrative – some would say Faustian – commission from the Department of Immigration for a project called ‘Excise Our Hearts’.' (Introduction)
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Elizabeth Bryer : From Here On, Monsters
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 20-26 July 2019;
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel'Elizabeth Bryer’s From Here On, Monsters is a genuinely exciting debut from an Australian writer. This novel is playful, allegorical and formally ambitious, qualities that lend it a distinctly international flavour, in the way of Peter Carey’s early work. (Notably, Bryer has previously produced English translations of Spanish-language novels.) And, like Carey’s work, From Here On, Monsters has something urgent to say about contemporary Australia.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup : It Sounded Better in My Head, Growing Up Queer in Australia, From Here On, Monsters
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2019;
— Review of It Sounded Better in My Head 2019 single work novel ; Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019 anthology autobiography ; From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel -
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 39)
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel'The most charismatic of the many monsters in Elizabeth Bryer’s début novel is the conceptual artist Maddison Worthington, who commands attention with her lipstick of ‘Mephistophelian red’ and her perfume of ‘white woods, musk and heliotrope’. From the solitude of a labyrinthine mansion, Worthington devises headline-grabbing installations, and performances that often incorporate hidden-camera footage of her audiences. Her ideas, though provocative, are largely stolen from her assistants or from little-known artists in developing countries. Worst of all, Worthington has accepted a lucrative – some would say Faustian – commission from the Department of Immigration for a project called ‘Excise Our Hearts’.' (Introduction)
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Journeys into Our Brave New Reality
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 August 2019; (p. 25)
— Review of The Subjects 2019 single work novel ; From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel'We inhabit a moment where reality seems increasingly malleable, a construct that serves the interests of the powerful by eliding and obscuring the truth. From police demanding journalists submit to fingerprinting to the rejection of science by lobby groups and politicians, the control and manipulation of information has become so normalised that most of the time we no longer even notice it.'(Introduction)
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[Review] From Here On, Monsters
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 123 2019;
— Review of From Here On, Monsters 2019 single work novel -
Friday Essay : Do Readers Dream of Running a Bookshop? Books about Booksellers Are Having a Moment – the Reality Can Be Less Romantic
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 December 2023;'My mother and I wanted to open a bookshop. We signed up for a CAE course, which was cancelled when the bookseller who ran it went out of business. I learnt this later because I went on to work in a bookshop and the book business is a small world.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 joint winner Norma K. Hemming Award — Long Form