The Salt Letters (SCARCE AMERICAN FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Balint, Christine

ISBN 10: 0393321606 / ISBN 13: 9780393321609

Published by W W Norton, New York, U S A, 2001

About this Item

VG+. First American edition, third printing (published same year as first printing). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For -----/I hope you enjoy/the journey!/Christine Balint'. Paperback. 189pp. A novel which evokes a young woman's flight from refined England to the wilds of Australia in 1854. In steerage, she joins the other unmarried women, where the horrors of their close confinement bring an unraveling of secrets no one can control. A Melbourne, Australia writer. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first American edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Salt Letters (SCARCE AMERICAN FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: W W Norton, New York, U S A
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393321606
• ISBN 13: 9780393321609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First American Edition, Third Printing.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Signed: Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction
  • Modern First Edition

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Synopsis

The sensuous evocation of a young woman's sea journey from refined England to the wilds of Australia. It is 1854, and with the certainty of land behind her, Sarah flees her home for the uncertainties of life in the new colony. In steerage, she joins the other unmarried women, where the horrors of their close confinement bring an unraveling of secrets no one can control. Sarah endures, longing for her mother's forgiveness and the sweetness of her cousin Richard's breath. As she draws closer to her new land, she becomes increasingly haunted by her own tale and the letter home she cannot write. Moving between the voyage in which pigs run through flooded living quarters to the hallucinatory visions induced by heat and doldrums, Christine Balint's astonishing debut novel brings us close to a time when the world was still a place to be discovered. Shortlisted for the Vogel Literary Award. "Dazzling. . . . A meticulous history and a beautifully crafted fiction. . . . Compelling reading." -Brisbane Courier Mail

About the Author

Christine Balint is the author of the highly praised The Salt Letters. She was born in 1975 in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.