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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 Northwest Passage. England is horrified as reports of cannibalism filter back from search parties, no one more so than the most celebrated novelist of the day, Charles Dickens, for whom Franklin's story becomes a means to plumb the frozen depths of his soul.
As several lives become conjoined by unexpected events and tragedies, Wanting transforms into a remarkable meditation on the ways in which desire - and its denial - shape our lives.
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"'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. As a reader, I can offer no greater accolade.' Canberra Times 'Powerfully and poetically evocative.' Adelaide Advertiser 'Flanagan is a beautiful writer and Wanting is a beautiful and considered addition to his oeuvre.' The Age"
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 184887071X
- ISBN 13 9781848870710
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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