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Sixty Lights

Gail Jones

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English
Vintage
02 May 2005
'Breathtaking grace and immense skill... Engaging, beautiful, magical and compelling' Irish Times

Sixty Lights is the captivating chronicle of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world. From her childhood in Australia through to her adolescence in England and Bombay and finally to London, Lucy is fascinated by light and by the new photographic technology. Her perception of the world is passionate and moving, revealed in a series of frozen images captured in the camera of her mind's eye showing her feelings about love, life and loss. In this confident, finely woven and intricate novel Jones has created an unforgettable character in Lucy; visionary, gifted and exuberant, she touches the lives of all who know her.

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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   181g
ISBN:   9780099472032
ISBN 10:   0099472031
Pages:   224
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Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Gail Jones lives in Sydney and teaches at the University of Western Sydney. Her books have won numerous literary awards in Australia. She is the author of two collections of short stories and five novels including Sixty Lights which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Dreams of Speaking and Sorry, both of which were longlisted for the Orange Prize.

Reviews for Sixty Lights

A very special novel indeed -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski * Independent on Sunday * Jones has a flair for luminous and accurate prose... A passionate book * Guardian * Gem-like, lyrical portrait of a girl growing-up -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent * Reads like a luminous album of photographs marked by an almost unbearable sadness * Weekend Australian * An immensely well crafted novel * Sunday Independent *


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