David Malouf: The Great World. This, probably, Malouf’s finest novel, tells the story not only of two individuals, but also of an era in Australian history as well as the Kings Cross suburb of Sydney. The two individuals are Vic and Digger. We first meet them later in life but gradually learn of their early life. · David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He has also received the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award/5. David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, www.doorway.ru by: 7.
Editions for The Great World: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in David George Joseph Malouf (born 20 March ) is an Australian writer. He is widely recognized as one of Australia's greatest writers. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in , his novel Remembering Babylon won the International Dublin Literary Award in , he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in , and he was shortlisted for the Booker. THE GREAT WORLD By David Malouf. ormally I don't like novels that want to be sagas, with grand sweeps across time and geography and the meticulous inclusion of the cares and woes of many characters. For this reason I took up David Malouf's novel "The Great World" with a good deal of dread.
David Malouf: The Great World. This, probably, Malouf’s finest novel, tells the story not only of two individuals, but also of an era in Australian history as well as the Kings Cross suburb of Sydney. The two individuals are Vic and Digger. We first meet them later in life but gradually learn of their early life. David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He has also received the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. But THE GREAT WORLD is more than a novel of war. Ranging over seventy years of Australian life, from Sydney's teeming King's Cross to the tranquil backwaters of the Hawkesbury River, it is a remarkable novel of self-knowledge and lost innocence, of survival and witness.
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