Searching For The Secret River: The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel

Author:   Kate Grenville
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Edition:   Main
ISBN:  

9781847670021


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 July 2007
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $33.61 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Searching For The Secret River: The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel


Add your own review!

Overview

Kate Grenville's The Secret River was one of the most loved novels of 2006. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the story of William Thornhill and his journey from London to the other side of the world has moved and exhilarated hundreds of thousands of readers. Searching for the Secret River tells the story of how Grenville came to write this wonderful book. It is in itself an amazing story, beginning with Grenville's great-great-great grandfather. Grenville starts to investigate her ancestor, hoping to understand his life. She pursues him from Sydney to London and back, and slowly she begins to realise she must write about him. Searching for the Secret River maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in all our lives.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kate Grenville
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Imprint:   Canongate Books
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.164kg
ISBN:  

9781847670021


ISBN 10:   1847670024
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 July 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Reviews

We have had to wait five years for The Secret River but the wait has been worth it... Splendidly paced, passionate and disturbing. The Times Grenville, as ever, describes an Australia so overwhelmingly beautiful that readers will lust after its sunbaked soul too. Daily Telegraph A sad book, beautifully written and, at times, almost unbearable with the weight of loss, competing distresses and the impossibility of making amends. Observer Grenville's skill is to turn what could have been too obviously a representative moral fable into a rich novel of character. Sunday Telegraph


* Grenville's skill is to turn what could have been too obviously a representative moral fable into a rich novel of character. Sunday Telegraph * Grenville, as ever, describes an Australia so overwhelmingly beautiful that readers will lust after its sunbaked soul too. Daily Telegraph * We have had to wait five years for The Secret River but the wait has been worth it... Splendidly paced, passionate and disturbing. The Times


Author Information

Kate Grenville's bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Grenville's other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian's Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

ls

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List