Sarah Thornhill
«This is a novel that stands by itself and that will be treasured, I'm sure, by generations to come. It is that rare book that manages to wholly engage both head and heart, and it's a long time since I've been quite so sorry to say goodbye to a character at the end of a book as I was saying goodbye to Sarah»
* Weekend Australian *
A new novel from Kate Grenville and a journey back to the Thornhill family of the bestselling The Secret River Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Canongate Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780857862563
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«This is a novel that stands by itself and that will be treasured, I'm sure, by generations to come. It is that rare book that manages to wholly engage both head and heart, and it's a long time since I've been quite so sorry to say goodbye to a character at the end of a book as I was saying goodbye to Sarah»
* Weekend Australian *
«Sarah Thornhill is the book of a writer of the first rank and there are plenty of things in it that are powerfully realised and that touch the heart. . . she is a gift of a writer. . . a haunting performance»
* Age *
«If you read just one Australian novel this year, make it this one. Sarah Thornhill is a powerful story simply told»
* Melbourne Weekly *
«Both brilliant fiction and illuminating personal history»
* Independent *
«Gripping and illuminating»
Diana Athill
«A graceful, passionate story of love, loss and treacherous family histories»
* Marie Claire *
«Her description of the harshly beautiful Australian landscape is unforgettable, more poetry than prose»
* Guardian *
«Grenville has emerged not only as the truth-teller but also something of a hero . . . her novels are important quests that go beyond art»
* Irish Times *
«Kate Grenville is one of Australia's finest writers . . . her great skill as a writer is to take the barest of biographical details and spin them into something of intricate moral complexity»
* Telegraph *