Machines for Feeling
by Mireille Juchau

The brilliant first novel of Mireille Juchau, author of the Miles Franklin–longlisted The World Without Us.

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Overview

Rien and Mark leave St Mary’s Home for Children and start a tentative new life together. While Mark dreams of machines to repair their fractured world, Rien writes stories to help her recover the missing events of her past.

When their friend Dog Boy escapes from St Mary’s, he embarks on a journey that will dramatically alter each of their lives. In a world that has little time for those who are different, can these three outsiders find a place to belong?

In Machines for Feeling, Mireille Juchau displays all the poise and sensitivity that have brought her so much acclaim. This is a mesmerising novel about alienation, friendship and the power of the imagination to endure.

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The Courier-Mail

‘Juchau’s writing has the quality and density of poetry.’

Australian Book Review

‘This is a beautiful and disturbing novel about the fallout of the adult world and its impact on the young.’

Good Reading Magazine

‘Mireille Juchau’s strength as a novelist lies in a disarming humour and a beautifully pitched control so evocative it is almost possible to make out the imprint of a hand fading on skin. Machines for Feeling… raises fascinating questions about our responses to those artists who are out of sync with the demands of the world.’

Mireille Juchau

Mireille Juchau is a critically acclaimed Australian novelist. Her most recent novel, The World Without Us, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction 2016, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 and the Stella Prize 2016, and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016. Mireille’s second novel, Burning In, was shortlisted for four awards, including the Prime Minister’s Literary Award 2008, and published in Europe. Described by The Guardian UK as ‘a writer of great poetic power’, Mireille is also known for her short fiction, essays and reviews.