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Fiona McFarlane's blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia. In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents ...

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A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. >Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane's newest collection, takes murder as its starting point, but it unfolds to encompass much more: through the investigation of the aftermath of this violence across time and place, from the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome, and tropical northern Australia, McFarlan...

A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writerRuth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman-Frida-claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in. Now that Frida is in her house, is Ruth right to fear the ti...

An epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert. From the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places.

Short-Listed for the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction"The Sun Walks Down is the book I'm always longing to find: brilliant, fresh, and compulsively readable. It is marvelous. I loved it start to finish." -Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseFiona McFarlane's blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.In September 1883, a small town in the South...

A magnificent novel by the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places, an epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert.

A masterful novel by the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places, an epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, love and art.'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable. It is marvellous.' Ann Patchett'Gorgeous storytelling and superb characters . . . magnificent' Michelle de KretserIn September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missin...

Long ago, in the arid middle of South Australia, a boy wanders into the desert. His name is Denny. When a dust storm sweeps the landscape bare, the boy is nowhere to be found. Not in the yard, where his mother is hanging the laundry. Not up and over the red hill. Not in nearby Fairly, where his sisters-intrepid Cissy, languid Joy, and the others-are attending the wedding of the German girl and her Constable. And so the search begins.What follo...

Wenn verborgene Ängste Wirklichkeit werden Die betagte Ruth wohnt in einem entlegenen Haus am Meer. Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes ziehen ihre Tage gleichförmig dahin, allein vom Rhythmus der Wellen und dem Klang des Windes geprägt. Eines Tages steht eine vom Staat geschickte Pflegekraft vor der Tür. Die tüchtige Frida übernimmt schnell das Regime, sie kümmert sich um Geldangelegenheiten und die Medikamente, sodass die alte Dame das Haus gar nicht ...

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Winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2017: a scintillating story collection by the young Australian author of the Guardian First Book Award-shortlisted novel The Night Guest.

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Hypnotic tale of a psychological battle on unequal terms between 2 very peculiar women set in an isolated house on the New South Wales coast, now in paperback. A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.

De 75-jarige weduwe Ruth woont alleen aan de Australische westkust. Haar twee zoons wonen ver weg, en in haar afgelegen strandhuis probeert ze de laatste jaren van haar leven zinvol door te brengen. Op een ochtend wordt Ruth angstig wakker. Ze is ervan overtuigd dat er een tijger in haar huis rondsluipt. Dan krijgt ze totaal onverwacht bezoek van een exotische vrouw die beweert namens de regering voor haar te komen zorgen. Deze Frida weet met ...

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