The Last Thread
$22.57
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2017
Summary
Michaelis is four when they first move to Australia, leaving behind the cold and the snow and the mud, the flat grey landscape, his father, his mother’s family, and everything he has ever known. He is seven when they pack up again and go home, nine when they return to Australia. When you are used to it, leaving is the easiest thing in the world-and where the sea is warm and the days linger, it is easier to forget. But his stepfather is a bully, and the absence of his real father masks a painf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925498516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925498514 |
| Author: | Michael Sala |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
‘Michael Sala has a rare gift: in prose that takes your breath away, he tells a story of heart-rending sorrow without a trace of sentimentality.’
‘Michael Sala has a rare gift: in prose that takes your breathaway, he tells a story of heart-rending sorrow without a trace ofsentimentality.’ – Raimond Gaita
‘A confronting and compelling story of a family. Sala capturesperfectly the puzzled silence of the uncomprehending child in anarrative swollen with unspoken secrets.’ – Debra Adelaide
‘A gutsy, moving, beautifully wrought and utterly compelling work.’
‘There is so much to praise about this book. Michael Sala’sprose is clear and unadorned, the setting exquisitely rendered, but itis his characters—all of them flawed and complex and deeply, deeplyhuman—who will stay with me for a very long time. I would defy anyone toread this story and remain unmoved. The Restorer is an incredibly powerful novel and, I believe, an important one.’
– Hannah Kent on The Restorer
‘Michael Sala is a sensitive, perceptive observer of human relationships and I have long admired his work. The Restoreris a beautifully written novel about growing up, starting again—and howthe riptide of personal history can pull us further and further fromsafety, no matter how hard we fight.’ – Charlotte Wood on The Restorer
‘Unputdownable…Sala creates an atmosphere of simmering tensionwith an undercurrent of unpredictability that seeps into everyexchange. [He] is a brilliant writer.’
‘A wise and timely novel that builds and breaks like a summer storm—just as beautiful, just as brutal.’ – Fiona McFarlane on The Restorer
‘Sala’s story of mundane domestic tension explodes in waysboth already anticipated and powerfully surprising. The narrative isreal, compelling, sophisticated and deeply human. Having read this work,I will certainly seek out Sala’s debut novel, and watch with interestfor new works from this gifted creator. Strongly recommended.’
About The Author
Michael Sala
Michael Sala was born in the Netherlands in 1975 to a Greek father and a Dutch mother, and first came to Australia in the 1980s. He lives in Newcastle. His critically acclaimed debut, 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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