The Blue Mountains 1907: Eureka Jones, a young pharmacist's assistant with historical eyes , falls in love with Harry Kitchings, a man who photographs clouds and the shadows they cast and thinks of his work as images of the mind of God.
The Service of Clouds, Australian writer Delia Falconers first novel, tells the story of their romance, which unfolds in a small town full of colorful eccentrics. It is a courtship in which the first kiss comes only after a couple of years; only after Harry leaves her will Eureka tell their story. Like a photographic print that gradually comes into focus, her account reveals the vast hole Harry's departure left in her life and in the landscape he so loved to photograph.
The Service of Clouds, which owes something to Proust and Proulx alike, is superabundantly full of metaphors for the Australian land and the high sky above. This fiercely original and memorable first novel brings a place, a time, and a cast of mind vividly to life.
By:
Delia Falconer Imprint: Picador Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 284g ISBN:9780330360272 ISBN 10: 0330360272 Publication Date:01 June 2005 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award 1997
Short-listed for Kibble Literary Award 1998
Shortlisted for Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award 1997.
