Displaced Person

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>DISPLACED PERSON</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Before virtual worlds challenged reality and before parallel dimensions swallowed small towns there was the greyworld of <em>Displaced Person</em>...</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Graeme Drury is fading - literally. At first it's subtle: a waitress forgets his order a tram conductor overlooks his ticket. But soon his world turns grey silent and paper-thin. His parents don't see him. His girlfriend vanishes into a shadow. Graeme is vanishing too. Slipping into a chilling liminal space where nothing feels real and no one remembers he ever existed. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>First published in 1979 </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Displaced Person</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a resonant exploration of identity isolation and the shifting fabric of reality. In this quietly unsettling novel acclaimed Australian writer Lee Harding depicts a world in which the familiar becomes unrecognisable and presence itself begins to unravel. With its atmospheric tone and psychological depth the novel speaks to a timeless unease - one that feels especially relevant in today's age of disconnection. A recipient of the Alan Marshall Short Story Award in 1978 and the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1980. Displaced Person returns in this digital edition to invite new readers into its shadowy unforgettable landscape.</span></p><p></p>