Recensione:
This is a novel unlike any other I have read... It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book. --A.S. Byatt, The Guardian
Ambitious and entertaining... Questions of Travel should ensure her place as a serious international novelist of the first rank. --The Economist
Sweeping and virtuosic... An outstanding novel. --Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail
Novel by novel, the Sri Lankan-born Australian has emerged as one of the most fiercely intelligent voices in fiction today. This new work, her most ambitious yet, makes globalisation and its discontents the focus of a multi-faceted story that unites grandeur and intimacy. --Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
Man Booker-longlisted de Kretser's precisely written novel is concerned with tourists, refugees and the complexities of immigration... a nuanced and ambivalent look at the crassness of tourism. --The Sunday Times
This truly is a book for our times. --Irish Times
Witty, absorbing and florid with ideas... a long, eventful journey, but the destination is worth it. --Scotland on Sunday
L'autore:
Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was 14. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris. She is the author of three other novels: The Rose Grower, The Hamilton Case (which won the Commonwealth Prize, SE Asia and Pacific region and the Encore Prize), and The Lost Dog, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prize and received Australia's 'Book of the Year' Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and the Gold Medal from the Australian Literary Society. She lives in Sydney.
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