The Sun Walks Down: 'Steinbeckian majesty' - Sunday Times
Littérature générale (romans), Histoire (romans), Oeuvres littéraires (romans)
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
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 JOURNALIn 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.