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Description for Wanting
Hardback. Very good copiy in dustwrapper.. First UK edition.Signed by the author
1841. In the remote penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, a barefoot aboriginal girl sits for her portrait in a red silk dress. She is Mathinna, the adopted daughter of the island's governor, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane, and the subject of a grand experiment in civilization - one that will determine whether science, Christianity and reason can be imposed in place of savagery, impulse and desire. A quarter of a century passes. Somewhere in the Arctic, Sir John Franklin has disappeared, along with his crew and two ships on an expedition to find the fabled ... Read more
1841. In the remote penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, a barefoot aboriginal girl sits for her portrait in a red silk dress. She is Mathinna, the adopted daughter of the island's governor, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane, and the subject of a grand experiment in civilization - one that will determine whether science, Christianity and reason can be imposed in place of savagery, impulse and desire. A quarter of a century passes. Somewhere in the Arctic, Sir John Franklin has disappeared, along with his crew and two ships on an expedition to find the fabled ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848870710
SKU
KEX0303074
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania, in 1961. Regarded internationally as one of Australia's pre-eminent novelist, his multi-award winning novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish and The Unknown Terrorist have been published to popular success and critical acclaim in twenty-seven countries.
Reviews for Wanting
"'This is the best novel I have read this year or expect to read for several more.' Sydney Morning Herald 'This is no literary anaesthetic; Wanting shakes us rudely from our stupors, wakes us up to history. There can be no author more passionate or unfettered than Flanagan.' Sydney Morning Herald 'Wanting is a novel you never want to end. ... Read more