Heat and Light
Author: van Neerven, Ellen
ISBN: 9780702253218
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 232
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.
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.
' . . . here is an outstanding writer at work.' David Unaipon Award, judges' comments
ISBN: 9780702253218
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 232
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.
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.
' . . . here is an outstanding writer at work.' David Unaipon Award, judges' comments
