The Resource Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser
Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser
Resource Information
The item Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Questions of travel
- Title
- Questions of travel
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle de Kretser
- Subject
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- trueSydney, New South Wales
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFamilies -- Sri Lanka
- trueHome (Concept)
- trueImmigrants -- Australia
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- truePsychological fiction
- trueSocial conflict -- Sri Lanka
- trueSri Lankans in Australia
- trueTravelers -- Australia
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueVoyages and travels -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events
- Summary
- An Australian tour-guide, returning to work in Sydney after a small inheritance allows her to travel the world, crosses paths with a Sri Lankan political exile in this novel that juxtaposes tourism with the lives of locals
- Award
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- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2013.
- Miles Franklin Award, 2013.
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year, 2014.
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2014.
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2013.
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction category, 2012.
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10160709
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Kretser, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Voyages and travels
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser
- Control code
- 000049908581
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 517 p.
- Isbn
- 9781743311004
- Label
- Questions of travel, Michelle de Kretser
- Control code
- 000049908581
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 517 p.
- Isbn
- 9781743311004
Subject
- trueSydney, New South Wales
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFamilies -- Sri Lanka
- trueHome (Concept)
- trueImmigrants -- Australia
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- truePsychological fiction
- trueSocial conflict -- Sri Lanka
- trueSri Lankans in Australia
- trueTravelers -- Australia
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueVoyages and travels -- Psychological aspects
Genre
Included in
- trueAustralian Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction
- trueLiterary Fiction (AU)
- trueMiles Franklin Award (Australia)
- trueNSW Premier's Literary Awards: Book of the Year
- trueNSW Premier's Literary Awards: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Fiction
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Premier's Prize
- trueAustralian Literature Society Gold Medal
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2013.
- Award
- Miles Franklin Award, 2013.
- Award
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year, 2014.
- Award
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2014.
- Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2013.
- Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction category, 2012.
- Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2012.
Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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