Conditions of Faith

by Alex Miller (Author)

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  2000

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  Praise for Conditions of Faith 'My private acid test of a literary work is whether, having read it, it lingers in my mind afterward. Conditions of Faith fulfils that criterion; I am still thinking about Emily.' - Colleen McCulloch Praise for The Ancestor Game 'A wonderful novel of stunning intricacy and great beauty.' - Muchael Ondaatje 'A Major new novel if grand design and rich texture, a vast canvas of time and space ...' - Helen Daniel, 'uThe Age Praise for 'The Sitters 'An awesomely elegant, subtly sensuous, stylish exploration of the inner self of an ageing portrait artist . . If there were doubts about the maturity of Australian fiction, this book puts those doubts to rest.' - Frank Moorhouse and Sue Woolfe, 1995 NSW Premier's Award Judges. Conditions of Faith is the long-awaited major new work by one of Australia's leading novelists. When Alex Miller's mother died she left him her fragmentary journal from the 1920s. Inspired by her exotic tales as a young woman living in Paris and this entr e into her emotional life, Miller has written Conditions of Faith. With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herse