The Slap, by Christos Tsiolkas
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The Slap, by Christos Tsiolkas
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At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own.
This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event.
In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the twenty-first century. The Slap is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs, and desires.
What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity―all the passions and conflicting beliefs―that family can arouse. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The Slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.
"The Slap is a disturbing book but it is also funny and endearing, presenting the diversity of the Australian experience with a big, warm heart in the middle." ―The Independent Weekly
"Tsiolkas has written an absolute ripper." ―The Age
WARNING: Features strong language.
The Slap, by Christos Tsiolkas- Amazon Sales Rank: #2595529 in Books
- Brand: Tsiolkas, Christos/ Dimitriades, Alex (NRT)
- Published on: 2015-03-29
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Running time: 16 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
From Booklist Although this is Australian author Tsiolkas’ fourth novel, it is the first to be published in the U.S. With its raw style, liberal use of profanity and racial epithets, and laserlike focus on the travails of suburban life, it is a down-and-dirty version of Tom Perrotta’s best-selling Little Children (2004). At a barbecue in a Melbourne suburb, a man loses his temper and slaps the child of the host’s friends. This incident unleashes a slew of divisive opinions, pitting friends and families against each other as the child’s parents take the man to court. Told from eight different viewpoints, the novel also deftly fills in disparate backstories encompassing young and old, single and married, gay and straight, as well as depicting how multiculturalism is increasingly impacting the traditional Aussie ethos. For good measure, the author also throws in male vanity, infidelity, and homophobia. Tsiolkas’ in-your-face style is sure to alienate some readers—the child’s parents, for example, are among the book’s most unlikable characters—but his novel, which won the 2009 Commonwealth Prize, fairly radiates with vitality as it depicts the messy complications of family life. --Joanne Wilkinson
Review 'The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne
About the Author Christos Tsiolkas is an award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. His fiction has won numerous prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Award, the Age Fiction Prize, and the Melbourne Best Writing Award. The Slap is his first book published in the US.
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100 of 110 people found the following review helpful. A sharp slap against middle class life By Stephanie Patterson This book has occasioned a lot of controversy with many people thinking that it is misogynistic. It's overly simplistic to see this story as full of misogyny, but even if the charge held, novelists are under no obligation to be politically correct. This is in many ways an old fashioned novel. It has a beginning, middle and an end.Christos Tsiolkas is giving us his version of social reality and satirizing the concerns of the middle class of the 21st century. Maybe there's more cursing and sex than readers of literary novels like, but it's not gratuitous cursing and sex. It does contribute to the picture he paints of his characters. The men and women are ambivalent about one another. The characters are not always easy to like, but Mr. Tsoilkas helps us understand them. I found Rosie, the indulgent mother of the 4 year child that is slapped, only too believable. Her child menaces an older child with a baseball bat and later in the novel spits on an elderly man out of pure malice and--that most insidious of 21st century diseases--entitlement Yet Rosie oblivious to her son's faults, is walking around with dirty hair explaining to a friend that she and her husband are trying to teach him about water conservation. But I felt sorry for her as well. She is isolated from her narcissistic mother and overly protective of her difficult husband and her young son, but enraged when her friends seem to favor family loyalties over loyalty to her. One of the more sympathetic characters in the book is Manoli the elderly uncle of he man who delivers the slap. Manoli struggles to understand why his daughter-in-law would side with Rosie, rather than with her family. Manoli has seen great upheaval and spends one afternoon burying an old friend The scene at the house follow the funeral was one of my favorites It was filled with such warmth and regret. While talking to the widow, he hears that other friends have been largely reclusive since their son was shot and killed by drug dealersAfter he visits this family and sees an elderly friend wasting away from lung cancer he is saddened that his own children's lives seem to be focused on petty concerns and that they have no conception of what is important in life. Mr. Tsiolkas also deals with issues of multiculturalism, class, how people make their marriages work and how they raise their children The kids from broken homes--Richie, a young gay man reared only by his mother and Connie, Richie's best friend, who lives with her single aunt are the most appealing of the children. Henry James urged the novelist to `try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.' Mr. Tsiolkas is no Henry James. The Master would never write such graphic sex scenes or use such profanity, but very little seems to be lost on him and the book is dense enough to be worth re-reading. This novel has aroused some real emotion and anyone whose writing can get people talking--no matter how bitterly--is not to be dismissed.
73 of 88 people found the following review helpful. Slap Me By Shawn Sekou Shaffer I read constantly. I read for information, for enlightenment, for pleasure. I read anywhere from 2 to 5 books a month, and have for some 45+ years. Never have I been moved to find a forum in which to voice my complete amazement with how utterly awful a book has been.I was excited, as I often am, when I saw this title. As a person who shamelessly admits to sometimes judging a book by it's cover, I own to liking the look of the book, and the title just jumped out at Me. "The Slap"... Intriguing. The synopsis -- Someone slaps a child who is not their own... Oooh..., you've got Me.A more apt title would have been "Slaps All Around", which is what I wanted to do to every character -- AND myself -- less than 40 pages in. If this author won an award that wasn't presented by his mother after a panel of close family members voted on a ballot with this single book as the entry, then I am stunned.How can the entire premise of a book play such a minor role in the ENTIRE BOOK!? How do you manage to write a story with so many characters telling "their story" from multiple vantage points, and yet do so in such a way that the reader cares about NONE of them -- not the children, not the adults, not the seniors, not the dead, not the dying... No One. I, literally, got up from reading this book, logged onto my computer, and sought out reviews because I wanted to make sure I wasn't somehow missing something. I needed reassurance that my reading tastes had not all of a sudden left Me, and I couldn't recognize a good story, or good writing when I read it! And, by the way, for those who felt that this author was a "good writer" -- Read more. I finished this only because I hate not finishing a book, and I wanted to validate for myself that what I thought was the case, about 20 pages in, was actually the case -- This is an awful, awful book.Many reviewers voiced displeasure with the crudeness and explicit nature of the book. Crude or gratuitious, in the context of a good story, can make perfect sense. Crude and gratuitious because you have nothing else of interest or substance to offer is unforgivable, especially from a published, "award-winning" author.I cannot offer a strong enough warning to those who might be tempted to read this. Please, do yourself a favor -- don't do it. There are so many great books in New Arrivals, Bargain Bin, on the Classics Table, that you could delve into. Reread something you loved before. Reading this will only make you wish you had.I feel about this book as I do when a writer/director takes a wonderful movie premise and completely mangles it -- What a waste. A waste of time for the writer. A waste of time for the reader. So, if you even remotely care about making each moment count..., don't waste a minute on this.
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Come on, Guys, This Writer Has a Lot to Say By Lauren S. Kahn Personally, I think much of the negativity is a result of the raw language that runs through much of this novel. I bought it when I was in Melbourne and went to the State Library. I asked the guy running the bookstore there to recommend a fiction book that would show some insight on Australian culture. This one does that in a way that may be offensive to some because every sin you can imagine and a lot of bad language runs through the book. It is wise to note that Australians (especially working class Australians) do overuse curse words in a way many Americans would find offensive. I do not claim to be an expert with two (albeit much more lengthy and intense than normal) trips down under. However, much of what Tsiolkas has to say could easily apply to the American family. The high divorce rate, stress, lack of jobs for those without fancy educational credentials (and lack of jobs for those with them), breakdown of religious strictures, etc., is in the US as well as Australia. This book has a lot to say about Australian culture--and perhaps American culture as well. It is provocative and you should read it. The book has been highly received in Australia--and there is a reason for that. It has a lot to say. So, ignore the language you don't like and go and read it.I only write reviews occasionally (although I read at least 100 books a year). I felt compelled to put this one up when I saw all the negative opinions here. This book may be a watershed. A must read for sure.
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