Questions Of Travel: Winner Of The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013

Author: Michelle de Kretser

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  • : $18.00 NZD
  • : 9781743311004
  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : October 2011
  • : 220mm X 140mm
  • : Australia
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  • : Michelle de Kretser
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  • : Hardback
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  • : English
  • : very good
  • : 528
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Barcode 9781743311004
9781743311004

Description

A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Around these two superbly drawn characters, a double narrative assembles an enthralling array of people, places and stories - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself in Australia. Award-winning author Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Wonderfully written, Questions of Travel is an extraordinary work of imagination - a transformative, very funny and intensely moving novel.

Awards

2013 Indie Book Awards Shortlist Shortlisted for the 2013 Stella Prize Winner 2013 Miles Franklin Award