

- Literature, Fiction, Artists, Family relationships
From the award-winning author of Conditions of Faith and Journey to the Stone Country, Alex Miller's new novel reveals the inner life of an artist, torn between his obsession with his art and his love of his wife and daughter.
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Grave, spare, contemporary and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Alex Miller
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 318
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia), Allen & Unwin
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781741760613
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