Conditions of Faith - Softcover

Miller, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742377343 ISBN 13: 9781742377346

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2011

Synopsis

With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herself on the threshold of life. Introduced to a Scottish engineer, the exoticism of his life in Paris beckons, and she leaves her family home in 1920s Melbourne to become his wife. But far from providing answers, her conventional marriage awakens in her an ardent desire to find a reason for living beyond that of simply wife and mother. This desire leads her to flirt with risk, passion and unorthodox friendships, and carries her to Tunisia on a journey of self-questioning and intellectual reawakening. Conditions of Faith is both a provocative romance and an elegant meditation on a timeless dilemma. Impetuous yet entirely sympathetic, Emily Stanton, like Henry James' Isabel Archer, is in search of a reason for living in a society where motherhood is deemed reason enough. This mesmerising and thought-provoking story of dreams, obsessions and destiny will hold you in thrall.

About this title

Review:

Interesting and thoughtful...Miller has a considerable talent for the evocation of a vivid range of atmospheres and emotions. Source: The Times

Utterly absorbing and deeply rewarding both emotionally and intellectually. Author: James Bradley, author of THE RESURRECTIONIST

No paraphrase can do justice to this novel. Conditions of Faith is a blessing. Source: Washington Post

A mesmerising story of dreams and obsessions... thought-provoking and eloquent. Source: Belfast Telegraph

From the Author:

Alex Miller has twice won the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's premier literary prize. He is also an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, for The Ancestor Game, in 1993. He lives in Victoria.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1742377343
• ISBN 13: 9781742377346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420