- Authors, Loneliness, Man-woman relationships, International travel
"Set in Australia, France, and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies, and as nations. Driven by a vivid cast of characters, it explores necessary emigration, the art of fiction, and ethnic and class conflict.
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Contemporary, prestige, contemplative and character-led.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Michelle De Kretser
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin, Catapult
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781936787838
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