Sometimes you need to go deep into the past, to make sense of the
present. Â Alice had not expected to spend the first twenty
years of the twenty-first century writing about Leonard Woolf. When
she stood on Morell Bridge watching fireworks explode from the
rooftops of Melbourne at the start of a new millennium, she had
only two thoughts. One was: the fireworks are better in Sydney. The
other was: was the world’s technology about to crash down around
her? The world’s technology did not crash. But there were worse
disasters to come: Environmental collapse. The return of fascism.
Wars. A sexual reckoning. A plague. Uncertain of what to do she
picks up an unfinished project and finds herself trapped with the
ghosts of writers past. What began as a novel about a member of the
Bloomsbury set, colonial administrator, publisher and husband of
one the most famous English writers of the twentieth century
becomes something else altogether. Complex, heartfelt, darkly funny
and deeply moving, this is Sophie Cunningham’s most important
book to date – a dazzlingly original novel about what it’s like
to live through a time that feels like the end of days, and how we
can find comfort and answers in the past.​
General
Imprint: |
Ultimo Press
|
Country of origin: |
Australia |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Sophie Cunningham
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-76115-149-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-76115-149-5 |
Barcode: |
9781761151491 |
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