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To The Islands
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Author : Randolph Stow
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2002
To The Islands written by Randolph Stow and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.
This masterpiece of Australian fiction was written by Randolph Stow when he was just twenty-two. It won for him the coveted Miles Franklin Award and the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature society. A work of mesmerising power, against a background of black-white fear and violence, To the Islandsjourneys towards the strange country of one man's soul. Set in the desolate outback landscape of Australia's north-west, the novel tracks the last days of a worn-out Anglican missionary. Fleeing his mission after an agonising confrontation, he immerses himself in the wilderness, searching for the isalnds of death and mystery. 'To the Islandshas acquired the status of an Australian classic. Half a century after it was written, its challenges remain central to the continuing quests of European Australians for psychic integration, and for reconciliation with indigenous Australians and with the land itself.' Anthony J. Hassall 'A novel of great originality and depth ... his writing swells with a dark power that makes it seem, in the true sense, inspired.' Encounter
To The Islands
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Author : Randolph Stow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
To The Islands written by Randolph Stow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Fiction categories.
Originally published in 1958, this classic Australian novel won its 22-year-old author the Miles Franklin Award and the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society. Set in the north-west of Australia in 1957, the story concerns a Christian missionary who has lost his faith. This edition presents the revised version that Stow produced in 1981. Also includes Stow's introduction to the revised edition, dated 1991, and a new foreword by Anthony J. Hassall, author of a critical study of Stow's literature, 'Strange Country'. Author was awarded the 1979 Patrick White Award. His other publications include 'Visitants' and 'Tourmaline'.
To The Islands
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Author : Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
To The Islands written by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Bedarra Island (Qld.) categories.
The Islands
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Author : Dionne Irving
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2022-11-01
The Islands written by Dionne Irving and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Fiction categories.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A Hurston Wright Legacy Award Nominee Longlisted for the 2023 New American Voices Award A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and more The Islands follows the lives of Jamaican women—immigrants or the descendants of immigrants—who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism on what they call the Island. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one story, a woman and her husband impulsively leave San Francisco and move to Florida with wild dreams of American reinvention only to unearth the cracks in their marriage. In another, the only Jamaican mother—who is also a touring comedienne—at a prep school feels pressure to volunteer in the school’s International Day. Meanwhile, in a third story, a travel writer finally connects with the mother who once abandoned her. Set in locations and times ranging from 1950s London to 1960s Panama to modern-day New Jersey, Dionne Irving reveals the intricacies of immigration and assimilation in this debut, establishing a new and unforgettable voice in Caribbean-American literature. Restless, displaced, and disconnected, these characters try to ground themselves—to grow where they find themselves planted—in a world in which the tension between what’s said and unsaid can bend the soul.
Down The Islands
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Author : William Agnew Paton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Down The Islands written by William Agnew Paton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Antilles, Lesser categories.
The Islands
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Author : William Wall
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2017-11-04
The Islands written by William Wall and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-04 with Fiction categories.
William Wall is the first international winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. In this collection of interconnected stories, the beautiful and ravaging forces of sea and land collide with the forces of human nature, through isolation and family, love and loss, madness and revelation. The stories follow the lives of two sisters and the people who come and go in their lives, much like the tides. Dominated by the tragic loss of a third sister at a young age, their family spirals out of control. We witness three stages of the sisters' lives, each taking place on an island—in southwest Ireland, southern England, and the Bay of Naples. Beautifully and sparsely written, the stories deeply evoke landscape and character, and are suffused with a keen eye for detail and metaphor.
The Age Of Islands
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Author : Alastair Bonnett
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2020-05-07
The Age Of Islands written by Alastair Bonnett and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-07 with Travel categories.
'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' Sunday Times New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing or fragmenting because of rising sea levels. It is a strange planetary spectacle, creating an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with. In The Age of Islands, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes the reader on a compelling and thought-provoking tour of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands and reveals what, he argues, is one of the great dramas of our time. From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong and the Isles of Scilly to islands far away and near: all have urgent stories to tell.
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Author : Emily Brugman
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2022-02-01
The Islands written by Emily Brugman and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Fiction categories.
A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm and extraordinary. 'There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling. Emily Brugman has captured them, staked them to the page in all their isolation and aridity and scoured indifference, because her storytelling is extraordinary.' Jock Serong, bestselling author of Preservation 'Strongly written, deeply felt, original.' Tegan Bennett Daylight 'Beautiful, fresh, wise and true - startlingly good.' - Robert Drewe, award-winning author of Whipbird In the mid-1950s, a small group of Finnish migrants set up camp on Little Rat, a tiny island in an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. The crayfishing industry is in its infancy, and the islands, haunted though they are by past shipwrecks, possess an indefinable allure. Drawn here by tragedy, Onni Saari is soon hooked by the stark beauty of the landscape and the slivers of jutting coral onto which the crayfishers build their precarious huts. Could these reefs, teeming with the elusive and lucrative cray, hold the key to a good life? The Islands is the sweeping story of the Saari family: Onni, an industrious and ambitious young man, grappling with the loss of a loved one; his wife Alva, quiet but stoic, seeking a sense of belonging between the ramshackle camps of the islands and the dusty suburban lots of the mainland; and their pensive daughter Hilda, who dreams of becoming the skipper of her own boat. As the Saari's try to build their future in Australia, their lives entwine with those of the fishing families of Little Rat, in myriad and unexpected ways. A stunning, insightful story of a search for home. 'A beautiful, breathtaking, salty book about finding home on the far reaches of the continental shelf.' Marele Day, author of bestselling Lambs of God
The Islands At The End Of The World
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Author : Austin Aslan
language : en
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Release Date : 2014-08-05
The Islands At The End Of The World written by Austin Aslan and has been published by Wendy Lamb Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Praise for Islands at the End of the World: “A riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home.”--School Library Journal, Starred "Aslan’s debut honors Hawaii’s unique cultural strengths--family ties and love of home, amplified by geography and history--while remaining true to a genre that affirms the mysterious grandeur of the universe waiting to be discovered."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred "Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."--School Library Journal, Starred
The Inner Islands
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Author : Bland Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2007-09-06
The Inner Islands written by Bland Simpson and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-06 with Travel categories.
Blending history, oral history, autobiography, and travel narrative, Bland Simpson explores the islands that lie in the sounds, rivers, and swamps of North Carolina's inner coast. In each of the fifteen chapters in the book, Simpson covers a single island or group of islands, many of which, were it not for the buffering Outer Banks, would be lost to the ebbs and flows of the Atlantic. Instead they are home to unique plant and animal species and well-established hardwood forests, and many retain vestiges of an earlier human history.