The Widow and Her Hero
The Tom Keneally Collection
$23.82
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2024
Summary
‘A subtle examination of heroism … This clever, compelling novel asks some uncomfortable questions’
PENELOPE LIVELY, THE GUARDIAN
To be a hero’s wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt.
I knew in general terms I was marrying a hero. The burden lay lightly on Leo, and to be a hero’s wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt… The Japanese had barely been turned away. It was heresy and unlucky to un…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761341458 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761341456 |
| Author: | Tom Keneally |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Tom Keneally
Tom Keneally won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler’s Ark, later made into the Steven Spielberg Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List. His non-fiction includes the memoir Searching for Schindler and Three Famines, an LA Times Book of the Year, and the histories The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame and American Scoundrel. His fiction includes Shame and the Captives, The Daughters of Mars, The Widow and Her Hero, An Angel in Australia and Bettany’s Book. His novels The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete won the Miles Franklin Award. In 2022, his novel Corporal Hitler’s Pistol was awarded the ARA Historical Novel Prize.
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