Holy Day (Red Sea) - Softcover

Andrew Bovell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0868197408 ISBN 13: 9780868197401

Publisher: Currency Press Pty.Ltd (AUS), 2001

Synopsis

On the white frontier in mid-nineteenth century Australia, a lone, bloodied woman arrives at a traveller s rest in the midst of a violent desert storm with a shocking story to tell. Aborigines have allegedly murdered her husband and stolen her infant child. But an Aboriginal woman has a different story to tell. What would cause a missionary s wife to lie? What chance does the word of an Aboriginal woman have against hers? A chilling mystery that draws together the lives of four extraordinary women and their men, all struggling to survive in a hostile and misunderstood landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Bovell is an award-winning writer for theatre, film and television. His AWGIE award-winning play Speaking in Tongues has been seen throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the US and Bovell adapted it for the screen as Lantana. Both the play and screenplay have been published by Currency along with After Dinner, Holy Day, Scenes from a Separation (written with Hannie Rayson) and Who's Afraid of the Working Class?, written with Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela. He currently lives in South Australia.

Synopsis:

From the award winning playwright Andrew Bovell comes this chilling story of suspense in which truth has the power to both illuminate and destoy innocence. Winner of the victorian Premier's Literary Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Currency Press Pty.Ltd (AUS)
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0868197408
• ISBN 13: 9780868197401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80