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"Raised by a hairdresser single mom in a tiny Melbourne flat, Danny is elevated to an elite world by his Olympics-level swimming talent and must consider returning home twenty years later when a family member reaches out for help."
"The "immensely moving" (Sunday Times) story of a young athlete's coming of age, by the Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Slap Daniel Kelly has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the swimming pool should transform his life and silence the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. Everything Danny has ever done, every sacrifice his family has ever made, has been in pursuit of his dream. But when he melts down at his first big championships and comes only fifth, he turns on everyone around him and begins to destroy everything he has ever wanted. Tender, savage, and blazingly brilliant, Barracuda is a novel about dreams and disillusionment, friendship and family. As Daniel Kelly loses everything, he learns what it means to be a good person'and what it takes to become one. From the Hardcover edition."@en
"Contemporary fiction. Daniel Kelly, a talented young swimmer, has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the pool should drive him to fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But when he melts down at his first big international championship and comes only fifth, he begins to destroy everything he has fought for and turn on everyone around him. 'Barracuda' is a powerful and moving novel of sport and violence, class and education, dreams and disillusionment; it is the story of a young man who eventually comes to realise that it is in family and friendship that his strongest identity lies."@en
"He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. His whole life, Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold."
"Barracuda tells the story of Danny, a talented young swimmer. Competitive swimming is the route from his working-class upbringing to, he hopes, fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the Melbourne private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But at his first big international championship, he places only fifth, and from that point he begins to destroy everything he has fought for and turn on everyone around him. Cutting between the boy's life and that of the adult man many years later, still angry at the world but more comfortable in his skin and with himself and his sexuality, Barracuda tells a story of class, race and identity and of a teenager who eventually comes to realize that his strongest identity lies in family and friendship."@en
"He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done ? every thought, every dream, every action ? takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world."
"Daniel Kelly hat nur eines im Kopf: Schwimmen und Siegen. Seine Eltern tun alles für ihn, seine Geschwister sehen zu ihm auf, von seinen Freunden wird er gefeiert. Doch dann verliert er einen entscheidenden Wettkampf, und alles ändert sich. Das Verhältnis zu sich selbst und zu denen, die ihm nahestehen. Erst allmählich gelingt es ihm, eine neue Sicht auf sein Leben zu finden. (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso)."
"Daniel Kelly, a talented young swimmer, has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the pool should drive him to fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But when he melts down at his first big international championship and comes only fifth, he begins to destroy everything he has fought for and turn on everyone around him. Barracuda is a powerful and moving novel of sport and violence, class and education, dreams and disillusionment; it is the stor."@en
"He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. ..His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment...His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all... He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. ..A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap. Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families...Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person?.. Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world."
"Das Wasser trägt Danny, lässt ihn die Welt um sich herum vergessen. Lässt ihn atmen. Träumen. Schürt seinen Ehrgeiz. Ein Stipendium öffnet dem Working-Class-Sprössling die Tür zu einer Eliteschule. Er trainiert härter als alle anderen und gewinnt schliesslich deren Anerkennung. Eine kurze Zeit lang scheint ihm die Welt offen zu stehen. Doch dann scheitert er. An seinen Erwartungen und an denen der anderen. Selbstmitleid zieht ihn immer weiter nach unten. Lässt ihn zweifeln, aggressiv werden, bis er die Kontrolle verliert. Christos Tsiolkas erzählt die berührende Geschichte eines Aussenseiters und zeichnet das Bild einer modernen Leistungsgesellschaft, in der Scheitern und Erfolg nahe beieinanderliegen."
"He asked the water to lift him, to carry him, to avenge him. He made his muscles shape his fury, made every stroke declare his hate. And the water obeyed; the water would give him his revenge. No one could beat him, no one came close. ..His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment...His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all... He would be first, everything would be alright when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. ..A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap. Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families...Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person?.. Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world."

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"Fiction"
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"Electronic books"
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"Bildungsromans"
"Translations"
"Australské romány"
"Australian fiction"
"Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
"Senior fiction"

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"Barracuda a novel"@en
"Barracuda : a novel"
"Barrakuda : Roman"
"Barrakuda Roman"
"Barracuda"
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"Barakuda"

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