Heat and light / Ellen van Neerven.
Publication details: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014.Description: 226 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780702253218
- Short stories
- Australian fiction
- Short stories, Australian -- 21st century
- Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors -- 21st century
- Australian fiction -- 21st century
- Short stories, Australian
- Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors
- Short stories -- English -- Australia -- 21st century -- Texts
- A823.4 23
- Winner of the David Unaipon Award. 2015 Winner Dobbie Literary Award for a first time published author.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | VAN | Available | 058002 |
Winner of the 2013 David Unaipon Award. In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Over three parts, she takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In 'Heat', we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In 'Water', van Neerven offers a futuristic imagining of a people whose existence is under threat. While in 'Light', familial ties are challenged and characters are caught between a desire for freedom and a sense of belonging. Heat and Light presents a surprising and unexpected narrative journey while heralding the arrival of an exciting new talent in Australian writing.
Winner of the David Unaipon Award.
2015 Winner Dobbie Literary Award for a first time published author.
