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Malachite
  • Published: 13 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9781761624049
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $34.99

Malachite

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13 Apr 2027
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13 Apr 2027
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13 Apr 2027
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From the mountains of Lebanon to the suburbs of Australia, this beautiful debut novel explores the homes we inherit, the ones we build, and the people who shape us.

Younis leaves Melbourne determined to begin again. In the mountain town of Hammana, he buys an abandoned house and sets about restoring it with the assistance of his father, Basel.
As the house slowly takes shape, so too do the relationships that define Younis's life: the devotion of his father; his friendship with the young builder Fadi; the complicated love of a family divided by distance, memory and expectation; and the friendships that remind him that belonging is something made, not found.
Rich with humour, warmth and exquisite observation, Malachite explores what it means to inherit not only a place, but also the hopes of those who came before us. Through the lingering push and pull of diaspora, Malachite unpacks grief and the fragile ways we care for one another.
Malachite is a beautiful story of love – between fathers and sons, friends, family, and of the places that continue to call us home.
  • Published: 13 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9781761624049
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Hasib Hourani

Hasib Hourani is a Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, arts worker and educator living on unceded Gadigal Country. His debut book, rock flight was published in Australia, the US and the UK. rock flight won the Mary Gilmore Award and the NSWLA Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. It was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize and the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. Hasib is poetry editor of Loom. His writing has been published in Meanjin, Liminal, Overland and Australian Poetry, among others.
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Praise for Malachite

Like an exquisitely cut gemstone, Malachite is precise, nuanced and beautifully crafted. Hourani creates a vivid and intimate portrayal of identity, place and family. A treasure of a book.

Jazz Money

Readers of Malachite will find themselves often craving a return to its delicate feast of words. Hourani's Proustian protagonist journeys us through the insecurities, delusions, and good intents of modern Arab diaspora without falling into self-essentialising tropes. It comes as no surprise that a great poet has produced a beautiful and precisely crafted novel weighing much heavier than its page count.

Jumaana Abdu