A Country of Eternal Light [electronic resource] : The beautiful, moving new novel from the celebrated author of Poly. Shortlisted for THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR and READINGS NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION PRIZE in 2023
Paul Dalgarno2023
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Age Book of the Year Award - an astonishingly
inventive, playful, witty, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of
Australia's most exciting writers.
Shortlisted for THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR and THE READINGS NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION
PRIZE in 2023.
Margaret Bryce, deceased mother of twins, has been having a hard time since
dying in 2014. These days she spends time with her daughters - Eva in Madrid,
and Rachel and her family in Melbourne - and her estranged husband, Henry, in
Aberdeen. Mostly she enjoys the experience of revisiting the past, but she's
tiring of the seemingly random events to which she repeatedly bears witness.
There must be something more to life, she thinks. And death.
Spanning more than seventy-five years, from 1945 to 2021, A Country of Eternal
Light follows Margaret as she flits from wartime Germany to Thatcher's Britain
to modern-day Scotland, Australia and Spain, ruminating on everything from the
Piper Alpha oil rig ...
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Author:
Paul Dalgarno, Author
Imprint:
Australia : 4th Estate, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460715680
Language:
English
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BRN:
450646
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |