Summary
‘Breathtaking grace and immense skill… Engaging, beautiful, magical and compelling’ - Irish Times
Sixty Lights is the captivating chronicle of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world. From her childhood in Australia through to her adolescence in England and Bombay and finally to London, Lucy is fascinated by light and by the new photographic technology. Her perception of the world is passionate and moving, revealed in a series of frozen images captured in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099472032 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099472031 |
| Author: | Gail Jones |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A very special novel indeed
A very special novel indeed – Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski * Independent on Sunday *
Jones has a flair for luminous and accurate prose… A passionate book * Guardian *
Gem-like, lyrical portrait of a girl growing-up – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Reads like a luminous album of photographs marked by an almost unbearable sadness * Weekend Australian *
An immensely well crafted novel * Sunday Independent *
Gail Jones
Gail Jones teaches literature, cinema and cultural studies at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of Sixty Lights which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Dreams of Speaking, and Sorry, both of which were longlisted for the Orange Prize.
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