Conditions of Faith
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
420 pages
978-1-74237-734-6 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2001 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
From the Author of Miles Franklin Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize Winner
With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herself on the threshold of life. Introduced to a Scottish engineer, the exoticism of his life in Paris beckons, and she leaves her family home in 1920s Melbourne to become his wife. But far from providing answers, her conventional marriage awakens in her an ardent desire to find a reason for living beyond that of simply wife and mother. This desire leads her to flirt with risk, passion and unorthodox friendships, and carries her to Tunisia on a journey of self-questioning and intellectual reawakening.
Conditions of Faith is both a provocative romance and an elegant meditation on a timeless dilemma.
Impetuous yet entirely sympathetic, Emily Stanton, like Henry James' Isabel Archer, is in search of a reason for living in a society where motherhood is deemed reason enough. This mesmerising and thought-provoking story of dreams, obsessions and destiny will hold you in thrall.
From the Author of Miles Franklin Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize Winner
With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herself on the threshold of life. Introduced to a Scottish engineer, the exoticism of his life in Paris beckons, and she leaves her family home in 1920s Melbourne to become his wife. But far from providing answers, her conventional marriage awakens in her an ardent desire to find a reason for living beyond that of simply wife and mother. This desire leads her to flirt with risk, passion and unorthodox friendships, and carries her to Tunisia on a journey of self-questioning and intellectual reawakening.
Conditions of Faith is both a provocative romance and an elegant meditation on a timeless dilemma.
Impetuous yet entirely sympathetic, Emily Stanton, like Henry James' Isabel Archer, is in search of a reason for living in a society where motherhood is deemed reason enough. This mesmerising and thought-provoking story of dreams, obsessions and destiny will hold you in thrall.
Reviews / Votes
Interesting and thoughtful...Miller has a considerable talent for the evocation of a vivid range of atmospheres and emotions. * The Times * Utterly absorbing and deeply rewarding both emotionally and intellectually. -- James Bradley, author of THE RESURRECTIONIST No paraphrase can do justice to this novel. Conditions of Faith is a blessing. * Washington Post * A mesmerising story of dreams and obsessions... thought-provoking and eloquent. * Belfast Telegraph *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
St Leonards
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
396 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74237-734-6 (9781742377346)
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Alex Miller has twice won the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's premier literary prize. He is also an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, for The Ancestor Game, in 1993. He lives in Victoria.