The Secret River - Softcover

Grenville, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857860844 ISBN 13: 9780857860842

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2011

Synopsis

London, 1806 - William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life . . . The Secret River is a universal and timeless story of love, identity and belonging.

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Review:

A vivid evocation of the rawest kind of colonialism. --Jem Poster, Books

Winner of the 2001 Orange Prize for Fiction with The Idea of Perfection, Grenville's latest, beautifully written novel concerns William Thornhill, a 19th-century convict from London deported to Australia, where he staked a claim on ancient Aboriginal lands - with tragic consequences. --Financial Times

A magnificent novel - an unflinching exploration of modern Australia's origins. --New Yorker

This is a novel everyone should read. --Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

Kate Grenville is a sophisticated writer. --Guardian

Book Description:

Winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize - reissued in a brand new package

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857860844
• ISBN 13: 9780857860842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378