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See moreFor three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers.
A cast of wildly different characters, united by a love of birds, come together on the coast of Australia in 1914. Their avian idyll is soon disturbed as war rips through Europe, irrevocably changing and challenging their lives.
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A cast of wildly different characters, united by a love of birds, come together on the coast of Australia in 1914. Their avian idyll is soon disturbed as war rips through Europe, irrevocably changing and challenging their lives.
For three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers. In another hemisphere, civilization rushes headlong into a brutal conflict. Life there is lived from moment to moment.
Inevitably, the two young menβsanctuary owner and employeeβare drawn to the war, and into the mud and horror of the trenches of ArmentiΓ¨res. Alone on the beach, their friend Imogen, the middle-aged wildlife photographer, must acknowledge for all three of them that the past cannot be held.
Fly Away Peter by David Malouf intricately explores these themes, capturing the essence of a world both beautiful and brutal. This poignant narrative invites readers into a profound meditation on change, conflict, and memory.
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Fly Away Peter by David Malouf is praised for its subtle lyricism and the lasting impact of its storytelling. Reviewers appreciate its naturalistic narrative and poetic style. The novel skilfully juxtaposes the continuity of nature with the harsh realities of war, creating a memorable and thought-provoking read.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780099273820
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 May 1999
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 117g
Pages: 160
About the Author
David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), Remembering Babylon (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), An Imaginary Life, Conversations at Curlow Creek, Dream Stuff ('These stories are pearls' Spectator), Every Move You Make ('Rare and luminous talent' Guardian), his autobiographical classic 12 Edmondstone Street and Ransom. His Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award. In 2008 Malouf was the Scottish Arts' Council Muriel Spark International Fellow. He was born in 1934 and was brought up in Brisbane.
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