Our Shadows
by Gail Jones
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Our Shadows, Gail Jones’ beguiling new book after her prize-winning novel The Death of Noah Glass, tells the story of three generations of family living in the goldfields of Western Australia.
Sisters Nell and Frances were raised by their grandparents and were once closely bound by reading and fantasy. Now they live in Sydney and are estranged. Each in her own way struggles with the loss of their parents.
Little by little the sisters grow to understand the imaginative force of the past and the legacy of their shared orphanhood. Then Frances decides to make a journey home to the goldfields to explore what lies hidden and unspoken in their lives, in the shadowy tunnels of the past.
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Endorsements
Praise for The Death of Noah Glass:
‘An oblique and poetic novel…A vivid, unsettling study of mortality.’ Sunday Times
‘Weaving together multiple narratives…the novel sketches a family portrait full of love, loss, and regret.’ Kirkus Reviews
‘An intellectually strenuous entertainment concerned with the nature and loss of senses, of filial obligations and their cost, of the vertiginous role of chance…Another rich and accomplished work.’ Sydney Morning Herald
Author Biography
Gail Jones is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her work has been translated into twelve languages, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. The Death of Noah Glass, won the Prime Minister’s Literay Award, and the Adelaide Festival Award for Fiction. It was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction.
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- Publication Date October 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781922330284
- Publication Country or regionAustralia
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
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