The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Questions of Travel

Questions of Travel

by Michellede Kretser (Author), Michelle De Kretser (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2013

    $5.87
Synopsis

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. An enthralling array of people, places and stories surround these superbly drawn characters - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself. Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Questions of Travel is infused with wit, imagination, uncanny common sense and a deep understanding of what makes us tick.

$5.87

Save:$10.60 (64%)

Quantity

2 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 528
 Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 01 Mar 2013
ISBN 10: 174331177X
ISBN 13: 9781743311776
Book Overview: A novel of dazzling virtuosity and luminous intelligence that explores our urge to leave home, by a writer previously longlisted for both the Man Booker and Orange prizes whose prose can only be described as 'rich, luxuriant, intense, and gorgeous.' (Anita Desai)
 Prizes: Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013 and Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2013.

Media Reviews
This is a novel unlike any other I have read... It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book. -- A.S. Byatt * The Guardian *
Ambitious and entertaining... Questions of Travel should ensure her place as a serious international novelist of the first rank. * The Economist *
Sweeping and virtuosic... An outstanding novel. -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail *
Novel by novel, the Sri Lankan-born Australian has emerged as one of the most fiercely intelligent voices in fiction today. This new work, her most ambitious yet, makes globalisation and its discontents the focus of a multi-faceted story that unites grandeur and intimacy. -- Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *
An artful meditation on movement and migration. * The Times Literary Supplement *
Man Booker-longlisted de Kretser's precisely written novel is concerned with tourists, refugees and the complexities of immigration... a nuanced and ambivalent look at the crassness of tourism. * The Sunday Times *
This truly is a book for our times. * Irish Times *
Witty, absorbing and florid with ideas... a long, eventful journey, but the destination is worth it. * Scotland on Sunday *
Author Bio
Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was 14. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris. She is the author of three other novels: The Rose Grower, The Hamilton Case (which won the Commonwealth Prize, SE Asia and Pacific region and the Encore Prize), and The Lost Dog, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prize and received Australia's 'Book of the Year' Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and the Gold Medal from the Australian Literary Society. She lives in Sydney.