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Heat and Light
First Nations Classics
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The ground-breaking work of fiction that launched the stellar career of award-winning author and poet Ellen van Neerven.
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Ellen van Neerven's award-winning collection of stories was inspired by the elements and is exceptionally imaginative and varied.
In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical, and still achingly real.
Over three parts, van Neerven takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In Heat, we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In Water, a futuristic world is imagined and the fate of a people threatened. In Light, familial ties are challenged and characters are caught between a desire for freedom and a sense of belonging.
Heat and Light is an intriguing collection that heralded the arrival of a major new talent in Australian writing.
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Heat and Light is praised as a breathtaking work of art, with significant content and beautiful, clever writing, highlighting its appeal to readers. The book is also celebrated as a stunning debut from Ellen van Neerven, showcasing immense potential.
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ISBN: 9780702265990
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 May 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Edition: 2nd ed.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 260
About the Author
Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen's first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writers Prize. They are the author of two poetry collections- Comfort Food, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize; and Throat, which won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Ellen's first non-fiction book is Personal Score.
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