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Questions of Travel

A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travelcharts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events.

Around these two superbly drawn characters, a double narrative assembles an enthralling array of people, places and stories - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself in Australia.

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Award-winning author Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Wonderfully written, Questions of Travelis an extraordinary work of imagination - a transformative, very funny and intensely moving novel.

Genre
literary fictionhistorical fiction
Setting
2010saustraliasydneyasiaitaly
Subject
travel
Audience
adult
Length
long · 480 pages

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