Remembering Babylon: winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Dublin Literary Award

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David Malouf

Remembering Babylon

winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Dublin Literary Award

David Malouf

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Vintage
01 April 2009

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

WINNER OF THE 1996 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BANJO PRIZE FOR FICTION

In the 1840s, a ship's boy cast ashore in northern Australia is taken in by the Indigenous people. Sixteen years later he steps out of the bush and inadvertently confronts the new white settlers with their unspoken terrors.

The story of a boy caught between two worlds, Remembering Babylon is a picture of Australia at the time of its foundation, focused on the hostility between early British settlers and native Aboriginal people.

'Australia's finest writer' MIRIAM COSIC, THE AUSTRALIAN 'Fascinating ... Malouf's prose shimmers with the sights and sounds of the continent.' DAILY MAIL ' ... a deft and economical evocation of an entire nascent society, punctuated by moments of dazzling, revelatory language and unforgettable images.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

By: David Malouf
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 158g
ISBN: 9781741667684
ISBN 10: 1741667682
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 01 April 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID MALOUF is the author of short story collections THE COMPLETE STORIES (winner of the Australia Asia Literary Award), DREAM STUFF ('These stories are pearls,' - Spectator) and EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE and of acclaimed novels including THE GREAT WORLD (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' and Miles Franklin Prizes) and REMEMBERING BABYLON (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award). His most recent work RANSOM was shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award and the Qld Premier's Literary Award. He also writes poetry, drama and libretti for operas. Born and brought up in Brisbane, he lives in Sydney.