Searching for the Secret River
$24.00
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
28 September 2008
Summary
Searching for the Secret River is a great book about the writing of a great novel.
Kate Grenville’s novel The Secret River moved and exhilarated many people when it was first published in 2005. Readers marvelled at the subtlety of its language, and the power of Grenville’s story-telling. And they recognised that this simple tale of a poor convict family settling on the banks of the Hawkesbury River in the early nineteenth century represented a landmark moment…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921351860 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921351861 |
| Author: | Kate Grenville |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 28 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes, has been adapted for the stage and as an acclaimed television miniseries, and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Dark Places and the Orange Prize winner The Idea of Perfection. Her most recent books are two works of non-fiction, One Life: My Mother’s Story and The Case Against Fragrance. She has also written three books about the writing process. In 2017 Grenville was awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. She lives in Melbourne.
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