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In the novel, Billie, a painter living on the Hawkesbury River, remembers her life in Italy and England in a search for family and identity. The exegesis investigates the prophetic figure of the Sibyl from a writer's perspective, exploring notions of writing, research, creativity, authority and textual longevity. The novel submitted as part of this thesis 'went on to become Sibyl's Cave' (Email from author August 2005).
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Thesis (PhD)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2001.
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Sibyl's Cave
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
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2004
Z1086597
2004
single work
novel
Steeped in the landscape and colours of its locations, Sibyl's Cave follows the orphaned Billie through her childhood in Italy to the United Kingdom during World War II with her adopted family, to art school and then, finally, to her new life as an adult in Australia. Interrupting the reclusive island life that Billie shares with Troy her housekeeper and Stan her housemate on the Hawkesbury River, Billie's niece Lorelei and her daughter Elissa arrive unannounced from England. As their lives intertwine stories emerge and secrets are unveiled.(Back cover).
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
Settings:
- Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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