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Ransom

Author: David Malouf and Simon Vance  

Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature.

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Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature.

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Description

David Malouf shines new light on Homer’s Iliad, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant. In this exquisite gem of a novel, Achilles is maddened by grief at the death of his friend Patroclus. From the walls of Troy, King Priam watches the body of his son, Hector, being dragged behind Achilles’s chariot. There must be a way, he thinks, of reclaiming the body – of pitting compromise against heroics, new ways against the old, and of forcing the hand of fate. Dressed simply and in a cart pulled by a mule, an old man sets off for the Greek camp ...Lyrical, immediate and heartbreaking Malouf’s fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature – themes of war and heroics, hubris and humanity, chance and fate, the bonds between soldiers, fathers and sons, all newly burnished and brilliantly recast for our times.

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Awards

Winner of ALS Gold Medal 2009
Winner of Adelaide International Festival Award 2010
Short-listed for The Age Book of the Year Award 2009
Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010
Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2010

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Critic Reviews

'That this tender novel lingers so long and hauntingly in the mind is a testament both to Malouf’s poetry and to his reverence for the endless power of myth.' -- The New York Times
'Though Malouf's sparingly deployed details, vigorous language and sly wit humanises these tragic heroes, the story is unmistakably epic and certainly the stuff of legend.' -- Publishers Weekly
'A splendid, creative précis of ancient events that still reverberate.' -- Kirkus Reviews

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About the Author

David Malouf is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. He is the author of poems, fiction, libretti and essays. In 1996, his novel Remembering Babylon was awarded the first International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His 1998 Boyer Lectures were published as A Spirit of Play: The Making of Australian Consciousness. In 2000 he was selected as the sixteenth Neustadt Laureate. His most recent novel is Ransom. Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over 400 audiobooks and has earned over 20 Earphones Awards from AudioFile Magazine. A multiple Audie finalist, Simon has won Audie Awards for The King's Speech, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, Market Forces and The Tao of Pooh. Winner of the 2008 Booklist Voice of Choice Award, Simon has also been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

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Product Details

Publisher
Bolinda Publishing | ABC Audio
Published
28th March 2019
ISBN
9781489491831

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