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The Eye of the Sheep
Sofie Laguna
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Description for The Eye of the Sheep
Paperback. Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award, this is an extraordinary novel about a family struggling to cope with a different and difficult child. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 218.
Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize and the 2015 Stella Prize Longlisted for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy ... Read more
Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize and the 2015 Stella Prize Longlisted for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
St Leonards, Australia
ISBN
9781760292485
SKU
V9781760292485
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99-10
About Sofie Laguna
Sofie Laguna is an author, actor and playwright. Her first novel for adults, One Foot Wrong, was nominated for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. She has written the screenplay for the film of One Foot Wrong and her second novel, The Eye of the Sheep, won the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award. ... Read more
Reviews for The Eye of the Sheep
An extraordinary achievement. Hester's voice is original and compelling...compels us to see our familiar world as new and intriguing - no small feat.
Jo Case
Big Issue on One Foot Wrong
Laguna's child narrator both emphasises and conceals, through simple yet articulate images, the complicated extent of suffering and release.
Guardian on One Foot Wrong
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Jo Case
Big Issue on One Foot Wrong
Laguna's child narrator both emphasises and conceals, through simple yet articulate images, the complicated extent of suffering and release.
Guardian on One Foot Wrong
... Read more