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Questions of Travel
Winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin Award|
6,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.01.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781743431979 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 528 |
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Beschreibungen
Winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin Award
Winner of the 2013 ALS Gold Medal
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.
An enthralling array of people, places and stories surround these superbly drawn characters - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself.
Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Questions of Travel is infused with wit, imagination, uncanny common sense and a deep understanding of what makes us tick.
Winner of the 2013 ALS Gold Medal
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.
An enthralling array of people, places and stories surround these superbly drawn characters - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself.
Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Questions of Travel is infused with wit, imagination, uncanny common sense and a deep understanding of what makes us tick.
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.
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.
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