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'British rule is coming to an end and so is Maya’s marriage. She drifts, wandering aimlessly through the crowded city streets. Captivated by an elderly Chinese man and his caged nightingale, she follows him home. But Ken Tiger is a man with a past. As Maya draws out his tale of lost love in wartime Shanghai, she pieces together other stories, other histories that will help her to imagine a new life for herself.' (Synopsis)
Notes
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Dedication: For Brenda Walker.
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Epigraph: We live permanently in the recurrence of our own stories, whatever story we tell. Michael Ondaatje.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Rising Stars : Right Here, Write Now
2009
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column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 September 2009; (p. 6-12) -
Full Bodied and Ambitious First Novel
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 23 no. 1 2009; (p. 99-1000)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
A Brilliant Way with Words
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2009; (p. 26-27) -
Unearthing a Scattered History
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 3 October vol. 74 no. 1 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
The Year's Work in Fiction : 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 50-58)
— Review of From : The Time We Have Taken 2007 extract novel ; Prime Cuts 2008 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007 anthology short story extract autobiography ; The Trout Opera 2007 single work novel ; Fear of Tennis 2007 single work novel ; The Complete Stories 2007 selected work short story ; Redfin 2007 selected work short story ; Rohypnol 2006 single work novel ; Breath 2008 single work novel ; The Last Sky 2008 single work novel ; Landscape of Farewell 2007 single work novel ; A History of the Beanbag : And Other Stories 2007 selected work short story ; Dead Birds 2007 single work novel ; Secrets of the Sea 2007 single work novel ; Other Country 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road 2007 single work novel ; Lilia's Secret 2007 single work novel
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[Review] The Last Sky
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 50)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
Love, Loss and Laughter
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of I Dream of Magda 2007 single work novel ; The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 August 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
A Moving Story of Displacement
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 29 August vol. 73 no. 50 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
Beneath the Skin of an Uneasy Marriage
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 September 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of The Last Sky 2008 single work novel -
A Brilliant Way with Words
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2009; (p. 26-27) -
Rising Stars : Right Here, Write Now
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 September 2009; (p. 6-12)
Awards
- 2009 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2009 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2007 winner T. A. G. Hungerford Award
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