Little World

A Novel

Josephine Rowe

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Black Inc
29 April 2025

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

A mesmerising tale from one of Australia's literary stars

'He has no notion of how to care for a saint. Even a small one. Does not even believe ... Still. Catholic or not. You don't turn away a saint.'

In the north-western corner of 1950s Australia, a saint arrives at the home of a retired engineer, who unwittingly becomes her custodian. A girl of indeterminate age, her body remains as it was when she died, incorruptible. And though no one knows it, she is conscious, reflecting on past and present.

Little World stretches across continents and eras - from the Canal Zone in Panama and the island of Nauru all the way to the onset of Covid in contemporary Victoria. Beautiful, rich and strange, it weaves a tale of interconnected fates as characters grapple with the unknowable, and in this way come face to face with their deepest needs.

'Josephine Rowe is a breathtakingly good writer.' -Michelle de Kretser

'Each new work from Josephine Rowe is a revelation.' -Madeleine Thien

By: Josephine Rowe
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 134g
ISBN: 9781760645427
ISBN 10: 1760645427
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Josephine Rowe is the author of three story collections and two novels, including A Loving, Faithful Animal, longlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin and selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice. She has twice been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, and her collection Here Until August was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize. Rowe holds fellowships from the Wallace Stegner Program at Stanford University, and the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, among others. She currently lives in coastal Victoria.