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'Two young lovers, Catherine and Jonathan, have trespassed into the rose garden of Burnt Norton, an abandoned gracious home in the English countryside. Hearing people coming, they hide, and witness the celebrated poet TS ('Tom') Eliot and his close friend Emily Hale enter the rose garden and bury a small tobacco tin together.
'Tom and Emily knew each other in America in their youth; now middle-aged, they have come together again. But Tom is married, and his wife has no intention of letting him go. What is it that binds Tom and Emily together? What happens when the muse steps out of the shadows?
'In the enclosed world of an English village one autumn, their story becomes entwined with that of Catherine and Jonathan, who are young, certain in their newfound love, and each full of promise.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The View from Above from Below : Novel, Suburb, Cosmos
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; -
Notes for a Novel
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 66-72) -
Ladies' Man Shortlisted
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012; (p. 7) -
The Year's Work in Fiction: 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 119-139)
— Review of Fear Factor : Terror Incognito 2009 anthology short story extract ; A True History of the Hula Hoop 2009 single work novel ; The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; Swimming : A Novel 2004 single work novel ; The Bath Fugues 2009 selected work novella ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel ; Rainforest Narratives : The Work of Janette Turner Hospital 2009 single work criticism ; Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008 multi chapter work criticism ; Legacy 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; Lovesong 2009 single work novel ; Wonders of a Godless World 2009 single work novel ; Smoke in the Room 2009 single work novel ; The Australian Long Story 2009 anthology short story prose novella autobiography ; Every Secret Thing 2008 selected work short story ; Arrhythmia : Stories of Desire 2009 selected work short story ; The China Garden 2009 single work novel ; Barley Patch 2009 single work novel ; Tom Hurstbourne, or, A Squatter's Life 2010 single work novel ; Truth 2009 single work novel ; The Window Seat and Other Stories 2009 selected work short story ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel ; The Legacy 2010 single work novel -
Moving Tale of Sexual Expression
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 April 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel
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Remnants of the Lost Life
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 March 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel -
Reality Checkers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 4 no. 3 2009; (p. 8)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel ; Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
From Suburbia to Burnt Norton
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 8-9)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel -
Fragments of the Truth
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10-11 April 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel -
Master Works His Magic in an English Country Garden
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-12 April 2009; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Lost Life 2009 single work novel -
Waste Land Is Fertile Ground
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 March 2009; (p. 26-27) The Age , 28 March 2009; (p. 22-23) -
Caught in the Shadows
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 2009; (p. 13) -
Eliot Fascination Led Carroll to New Novel
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 May 2009; (p. 5) -
Happy in the Rose Garden
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2009; (p. 10) -
Ladies' Man Shortlisted
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012; (p. 7)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2010 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
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