The burning island
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Barnard, Simon, illustrator.
Published
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2020.
Physical Desc
350 pages : map ; 24 cm
Status
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children of alcoholics -- Fiction.
Colonists -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Parent and adult child -- Fiction.
Parent and child -- Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Single women -- Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children of alcoholics -- Fiction.
Colonists -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Parent and adult child -- Fiction.
Parent and child -- Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Single women -- Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Published
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2020.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Winner of the Colin Roderick Award"--Cover.
Description
Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern-too old, now-for marriage, she lives by herself, looking in on her reclusive father in case he has injured himself while drunk. There is a shadow in his past, she knows. Something obsessive. Something to do with a man who bested him thirty-three years ago. Then Srinivas, another figure from that dark past, offers Joshua Grayling the chance for a reckoning with his nemesis. Eliza is horrified. The plan entails a sea voyage far to the south and an uncertain, possibly violent, outcome. Out of the question for an elderly man-insanity for a helpless drunkard who also happens to be blind. Unable to dissuade her father from his mad quest, Eliza begins to understand she may be forced to go with him. Then she sees the ship they will be sailing on. And in that instant, the voyage of the Moonbird becomes Eliza's mission too.
Awards
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Serong, J., & Barnard, S. (2020). The burning island . Text Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Serong, Jock and Simon, Barnard. 2020. The Burning Island. Text Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Serong, Jock and Simon, Barnard. The Burning Island Text Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Serong, Jock,, and Simon Barnard. The Burning Island Text Publishing, 2020.
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