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Interviews With 10 Australian Authors, Ch 6: Gary Crew's Strange Objects

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Author Gary Crew
Interviews With 10 Australian Authors, Ch 6: Gary Crew's Strange Objects

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  5–6, 7–8, 9–10


How do you use research in a fiction novel that is based on historical events?

What is the real symbolism of the ring? Why should a writer have a 'day job'? Listen to Gary Crew answer these questions about Strange Objects in this interview.

Strange Objects can be described as an epistolary novel because it is made up of a series of documents and text types. This construction of the narrative parallels the construction of history in that both are told through multiple perspectives, and it is up to the reader or historian to determine the 'truth'.

Crew questions the validity of 'truth' by establishing a number of unreliable narrators. The line between reality and fantasy is blurred in protagonist Steven Messenger's story. While there are obvious inconsistencies, some of the supernatural occurrences are corroborated by other characters. Use clues from the book to interpret your own version of the 'truth'.



Production Date: 2015


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