A Short History of Longans
A dazzling novel from the award-winning author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain
$27.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain comes the story of an Irish-Chinese family over four generations in Australia.
‘They said you were a murdering bushranger.’
It’s the winter of 2049 and Daniel is elderly and long isolated. After yet another devastating storm, this time destroying his beloved longan tree, he finds his fragile peace threatened by a growing friendship with a widowed neighbour and the appearance of a young reporter digg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702269004 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 070226900X |
| Author: | Mirandi Riwoe |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 153mm x 226mm |
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Mirandi Riwoe
Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, which won the Queensland Literary Award - Fiction Book Award and the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize, and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Her second novel, Sunbirds, was set in wartime Java during World War II and was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award.
Her debut novella, The Fish Girl, was also shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Literary Award - Fiction Book Award.
Mirandi’s work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, Review of Australian Fiction, Griffith Review, and Best Summer Stories.
Her latest novel is A Short History of Longans.
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