The Sun Walks Down

'Steinbeckian majesty' - Sunday Times

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<b>'A blazing mystery . . . tremendous' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'Moving and masterful' <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br>'Masterful storytelling' <i>Washington Post</i><br><br>'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable. It is marvellous' Ann Patchett<br><br>'Remarkable' <i>Harper's</i><br><br>A MASTERFUL NOVEL BY THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF <i>THE NIGHT GUEST </i>AND <i>THE HIGH PLACES</i>, AN EPIC TALE OF UNSETTLEMENT, HISTORY, MYTH, LOVE AND ART.</b><br><br>In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient landscape they inhabit.<br><br>The colonial Australia of <i>The Sun Walks Down</i> is unfamiliar, multicultural, and noisy with opinions, arguments, longings and terrors. It's haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.<br><br><b>'McFarlane's treatment of the dust storm has a simple Steinbeckian majesty . . . Her prose is full of detail, comparable to Claire Keegan's keen-eyed novellas, <i>Foster </i>and <i>Small Things Like These' Sunday Times</i><br><br>'A thrilling success . . . full of mystery and wonder' <i>Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>'Fiona McFarlane's last book was scintillating. <i>The Sun Walks Down</i> is even better' Sarah Moss<br><br>'Gorgeous storytelling and superb characters . . . magnificent' Michelle de Kretser<br><br>'I can't think of another writer working today who I admire more' Kevin Powers</b>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529389838

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

36 x 152 x 232 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Sceptre