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'This is a story about a snow-covered island you won't find on any map.
'It's Minou's story. She's twelve. A year ago, the morning after the circus, her mama walked out into the rain with a black umbrella and never came back.
'It's a story about a magician and a priest and a dog called No Name. It's about Papa's endless hunt for the truth. It's about a dead boy who listens, and Minou's search for Mama's voice.
'And it's about discovering what love is.' (From the publisher's website.)
'It's Minou's story. She's twelve. A year ago, the morning after the circus, her mama walked out into the rain with a black umbrella and never came back.
'It's a story about a magician and a priest and a dog called No Name. It's about Papa's endless hunt for the truth. It's about a dead boy who listens, and Minou's search for Mama's voice.
'And it's about discovering what love is.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: For Matilde
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Epigraph:
And the longer and more carefully
I examine all these things, the more
clearly and distinctly I know that
they are true.
Rene Descartes
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Book Review – The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2012;
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
[Review] The Vanishing Act
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 72 no. 1 2012; (p. 245-248)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
Aussies Are on the Page
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 April 2012; (p. 19) -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 September 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel ; Babylon 2011 single work novel -
Innocent Love in an Isolated World
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 September 2011; (p. 33)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel
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[Review] The Vanishing Act
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 42)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
Fiction Reviews : The Vanishing Act
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 July 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
Dangerous Voyages of Discovery
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 July 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
[Review] The Vanishing Act
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 51)
— Review of The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
Take Three : Fantasy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 24 July 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Mistification 2010 single work novel ; The Vanishing Act 2011 single work novel -
Aussies Are on the Page
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 April 2012; (p. 19)
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted Commonwealth Book Prize
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