Michelle de Kretser

Broschiertes Buch

Questions of Travel

Beschreibung

A novel of dazzling virtuosity and luminous intelligence that explores our urge to leave home, by a writer previously longlisted for both the Man Booker and Orange prizes whose prose can only be described as 'rich, luxuriant, intense, and gorgeous.' (Anita Desai)

Autor

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was 14. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris. She is the author of three other novels: The Rose Grower, The Hamilton Case (which won the Commonwealth Prize, SE Asia and Pacific region and the Encore Prize), and The Lost Dog, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prize and received Australia's 'Book of the Year' Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and the Gold Medal from the Australian Literary Society. She lives in Sydney.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allen & Unwin / Atlantic Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781743316641
• ISBN-10: 174331664X
• Artikelnr.: 39485009

Rezensionen

This is a novel unlike any other I have read... It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book. A.S. Byatt The Guardian