Publisher details
- Author
- Michelle de Kretser
- Genre
- Fiction
- Released
- 01 August, 2013
- ISBN
- 9781743317334
Questions of Travel
Synopsis
A dazzling, compassionate and deeply moving novel from one of world literature's rising stars.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.
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The Lost Dog
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