Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family - Hardcover

Carey, Gabrielle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0702249920 ISBN 13: 9780702249921

Verlag: University of Queensland Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan&;s childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had grown up in Western Australia. After early literary success and a Miles Franklin Award in 1958 for his novel To the Islands, he left for England and a life of self-imposed exile. Living most of her life on the east coast, Gabrielle was also estranged from her family&;s west Australian roots but never questioned why. A devoted fan of Stow&;s writing, she becames fascinated by his connection with her extended family, but before she can meet him he dies. With only a few pieces of correspondence to guide her, Gabrielle embarks on a journey from the red-dirt landscape of Western Australia to the English seaside town of Harwich in a quest to understand her family&;s past and Stow&;s place in it. Moving Among Strangers is a celebration of one of Australia&;s most enigmatic and visionary writers.

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Gabrielle Carey is the author of novels, biography, autobiography, essays, articles, and short stories. She teaches writing at the University of Technology in Sydney. Her most recent book was the memoir, The Waiting Room.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Queensland Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0702249920
• ISBN 13: 9780702249921
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232
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