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Title
Bliss
Author Peter Carey
Genre Literary Fiction, Magical Realism
Format N/A

 

Book Description

Bliss is a novel by Peter Carey that blends dark comedy with surreal and moral inquiry. The story follows Harry Joy, an advertising executive who survives a near-death experience and becomes convinced that the world around him is actually Hell. As Harry rejects materialism and social convention, his apparent madness exposes the emptiness, hypocrisy, and cruelty beneath suburban respectability. Bold and unsettling, the novel questions reality, sanity, and the cost of spiritual awakening in a consumer-driven society.

About Author

Peter Carey is an Australian author widely regarded as one of the most significant literary figures of his generation. Born in 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Carey began his career in advertising before turning to fiction, publishing short stories that quickly gained critical attention for their originality and experimental style. He rose to international prominence with novels that blend history, myth, and postmodern narrative techniques.

Carey is one of the few writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—first for Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and later for True History of the Kelly Gang (2001). His work frequently reimagines Australian history, interrogating themes of identity, colonialism, power, and storytelling itself. Known for his inventive language and bold narrative structures, Carey has written across novels, short fiction, and essays, and his influence extends well beyond Australia into the global literary canon.

  

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