An island / Karen Jennings.
An island / Karen Jennings.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Melbourne, VIC : Text Publishing, 2021.
Call Numbers
H 2021/3894 , G 2022/0025
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
185 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Melbourne, VIC : Text Publishing, 2021.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2021.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Samuel is now an old man. For many years he has lived alone on a small island where he is the lighthouse keeper. Until the day when a young refugee washes up on the beach, all but dead. Samuel nurses him back to life but he is unsettled by the intruder. He cannot understand a word the stranger says, and his presence stirs traumatic memories of Samu...
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Full title
An island / Karen Jennings.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Originally published: U.K.: Holland House Books, 2020.
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Awards
Longlisted, The 2021 Booker Prize.
Date Copyright
©2019.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2021/3894 , G 2022/0025
Record Identifier
74VKaao0m8N3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaao0m8N3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781922458490 paperback
DDC
823.92
MMS ID
991024423021702626
