The Restorer
$23.01
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2019
Summary
Longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Michael Sala’s The Restorer is an explosive and powerful story of one troubled family’s attempts to rebuild their broken lives.
After a year apart, Maryanne returns to her husband, Roy, bringing their eight-year-old son Daniel and his teenage sister Freya with her. The family move from Sydney to Newcastle, where Roy has bought a derelict house on the coast. As Roy painstakingly patches the holes in the floorboards and pla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925603736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925603733 |
| Author: | Michael Sala |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 198mm x 131mm |
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Critics Review
‘A wise and timely novel that builds and breaks like a summer storm–just as beautiful, just as brutal.’
‘In this remarkable novel, Michael Sala builds tension masterfully until an explosive final act…This is powerful and poetic fiction that showcases a writer at the height of his powers.’ * Judges’ Report, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2018 *
‘Michael Sala is a sensitive, perceptive observer of human relationships and I have long admired his work. The Restorer is a beautifully written novel about growing up, starting again—and how the riptide of personal history can pull us further and further from safety, no matter how hard we fight.’ – Charlotte Wood
‘There is so much to praise about this book. Michael Sala’s prose is clear and unadorned, the setting exquisitely rendered, but it is his characters—all of them flawed and complex and deeply, deeply human—who will stay with me for a very long time. I would defy anyone to read this story and remain unmoved. The Restorer is an incredibly powerful novel and, I believe, an important one.’
‘A wise and timely novel that builds and breaks like a summer storm—just as beautiful, just as brutal.’ * Fiona McFarlane *
‘This is powerful, poetic, extraordinary fiction…Sala never falters.’ * Australian *
‘Unputdownable…Sala creates an atmosphere of simmering tension with an undercurrent of unpredictability that seeps into every exchange. [He] is a brilliant writer.’ * Saturday Paper *
‘Michael Sala taps into the tension and fear of the times to help build the mood…The cracks are widening long before the earth moves in this novel of a family locked into patterns of violence.’ * Australian Women’s Weekly *
About The Author
Michael Sala
Michael Sala was born in the Netherlands in 1975 to a Greek father and a Dutch mother. He first came to Australia in the 1980s and now lives in Newcastle. His critically acclaimed debut novel, The Last Thread, won the 2013 NSW Premier’s Award for New Writing and was the regional winner (Pacific) of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.
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