Limberlost

In a small river valley, a teenage boy shoots rabbits and dreams of boats. Far away a devastating war is being waged, but here seasons pass, an orchard bears fruit, and an array of animals - some ordinary, some strange - come and go. The land on which Ned and his family live offers a cycle of death and rebirth, feast and famine. In Ned's eyes, heroism and carefully measured violence are part of what it means to be a man. Kindness is a silent thing, a matter of small actions not spoken about. While Ned waits and hopes for his brothers to return from service overseas, he works ever more intently for the money that may buy him the means to sail the river...

About the author

Robbie Arnott

Summary

A spellbinding coming-of-age story about the cost of dreams, war and human violence on the natural world, from the twice-Miles Franklin Award-listed rising star of Australian fiction.

Foreword

A spellbinding coming-of-age story about the cost of dreams, war and human violence on the natural world, from the twice-Miles Franklin Award-listed rising star of Australian fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Robbie Arnott
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2022
• EAN: 9781838956806
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-680-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 223 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Animals, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world