crashtestwoman
01-05-2006, 10:15 PM
If you love Australian authors who write about Australian issues and in Australian prose, you will love this book. It is probably one of the most enchanting books that I have read in an age and I couldn't wait untill bed time each night to start again with the story.
I will tempt you with the blurb and then you can judge for yourself.
His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own. William is cast upon the charity of his unknown uncle - an embittered old man encamped in the ruins of a once great station homestead called Kuran House. It's a baffling and sinister new world for the boy, a place of decay and secret histories. His uncle is obsessed by a long life of decline and by a dark quest for revival, his mother is desperate for the wealth and security she has never known, and all their hopes it seems come to rest upon William's young shoulders. But as past and present of Kuran Station unravel and merge together, the price of that inheritance may prove to be the downfall of them all. The White Earth is a haunting, disturbing and cautionary tale.
I loved it and found found that the characters were lovable and human and made you want to sometimes shake them and sometimes hug them, but mostly just believe them. The writing style is smooth and flowing and gives you a feeling of listening to the character tell his story without distractions or inturptions.
This book was the winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for 2005 and The Courier Mail Book of the Year 2005. High praise indeed and well deserved.
Once again I picked my book up at a second hand store, so hopefully it is still in print and available at most good bookstores. Don't forget if it's not on the shelf, most book stores will special order in (at no extra cost) any book you need for you.
So pick up a copy and start reading, I want to hear all about it from you soon.
Happy Reading
Cheers
Debby
I will tempt you with the blurb and then you can judge for yourself.
His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own. William is cast upon the charity of his unknown uncle - an embittered old man encamped in the ruins of a once great station homestead called Kuran House. It's a baffling and sinister new world for the boy, a place of decay and secret histories. His uncle is obsessed by a long life of decline and by a dark quest for revival, his mother is desperate for the wealth and security she has never known, and all their hopes it seems come to rest upon William's young shoulders. But as past and present of Kuran Station unravel and merge together, the price of that inheritance may prove to be the downfall of them all. The White Earth is a haunting, disturbing and cautionary tale.
I loved it and found found that the characters were lovable and human and made you want to sometimes shake them and sometimes hug them, but mostly just believe them. The writing style is smooth and flowing and gives you a feeling of listening to the character tell his story without distractions or inturptions.
This book was the winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for 2005 and The Courier Mail Book of the Year 2005. High praise indeed and well deserved.
Once again I picked my book up at a second hand store, so hopefully it is still in print and available at most good bookstores. Don't forget if it's not on the shelf, most book stores will special order in (at no extra cost) any book you need for you.
So pick up a copy and start reading, I want to hear all about it from you soon.
Happy Reading
Cheers
Debby