Wonders of a Godless World

Author : Andrew McGahan

Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9781741758092
ISBN(10) : 1741758092
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Imprint : Allen & Unwin
Publication Date (AUS) : October 2009
Pages : 260
Height (mm) : 235
Width (mm) : 154
Weight (g) : 450
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Description

On an unnamed island, in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. When a silent, unmoving and unnerving new patient - a foreigner - arrives at the hospital, strange phenomena occur, bizarre murders take place, and the lives of the patients and the island's inhabitants are thrown into turmoil. What happens between them is an extraordinary exploration of consciousness, reality and madness. Wonders of a Godless World, the new novel from Miles Franklin-winner Andrew McGahan, is a huge and dramatic beast of a book. It is a thought-provoking investigation into character and consciousness, a powerful cautionary tale, and a head-stretching fable about the earth, nature and the power of the mind.

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