The Secret River
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Canongate Books
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Erscheinungsdatum
20.11.2008
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Canongate BooksSeitenzahl
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3577 KB
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Englisch
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9781847673534
Winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writer's Prize
"This is a novel everyone should read." Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
London, 1806 - William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life ...
The compelling new novel from prize-winning author Kate Grenville is a universal and timeless story of love, identity and belonging.
"Grenville shows again the excellent form that won her the Orange Prize" Sunday Times
"A magnificent novel - an unflinching exploration of modern Australia's origins." New Yorker
"Brilliantly atmospheric ... a profound journey of self-discovery." David Issaacson, Independent on Sunday
"Splendidly paced, passionate and disturbing." Salley Vickers, The Times