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Set in colonial South Australia in 1883, Fiona McFarlane’s The Sun Walks Down is extraordinarily evocative and completely compelling, its characters evoked with crisp precision, and its glowing, ancient backdrop a tapestry of complicated relationships, longings, prejudices and beliefs.
While his sisters are at a local wedding, six-year-old Danny goes missing during a sudden dust storm. When he’s not found by his family, the community of Fairly come out in force to search for him. During the search, the community comes together as one, but discover they are far from united as the story unfolds across a week.
Rivalries and differences come to the fore. Superstitions and prejudices are exposed, and boundaries are blurred as the novel lays bare colonisation’s impact on indigenous communities while also unravelling the intricate relationships within the community. With its sublime storytelling, The Sun Walks Down casts a powerfully haunting shadow.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE
'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable'
ANN PATCHETT 'A blazing mystery . . . tremendous'
GUARDIAN 'Masterful storytelling'
WASHINGTON POST 'Gloriously orchestrated . . . kaleidoscopic'
IRISH TIMES 'A thrilling success'
WALL STREET JOURNALAn epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert from the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places.In September 1883, in a small town in the South Australian outback, six-year-old Denny Wallace goes missing.
As a dust storm sweeps across the landscape, the entire community is caught up in the search. Scouring the desert and mountains, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient land they inhabit. A land haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.
PRAISE FOR FIONA MCFARLANE 'I can't think of another writer working today who I admire more'
KEVIN POWERS, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW BIRDS'An extraordinary writer'
MICHELLE DE KRETSER, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SCARY MONSTERS 'McFarlane has a gift for cutting into a story at precisely the right angle'
THE TIMES'An intelligent and distinctive voice . . . a marvel'
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD'An exceptionally fine writer'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529389869 |
| Publication date: |
1st February 2024 |
| Author: |
Fiona McFarlane |
| Publisher: |
Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
416 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Historical Fiction
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