The Inland Sea

Name: The Inland Sea
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781911590255
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By Madeleine Watts

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The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts is a deeply introspective novel following an Australian woman working at an emergency call centre in Sydney. As she navigates the tumultuous landscape of her personal life, she finds a haunting parallel between her emotional turmoil and Australia's environmental crises. The story weaves themes of ecological fragility and personal introspection, capturing a journey of self-discovery amid a shifting world.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to introspective stories set in Australia, exploring themes like climate change, identity, and the struggle to find one's place in a world teetering on the edge of disaster. The narrative intertwines personal and ecological chaos, making it perfect for readers who appreciate character-driven fiction with a reflective and nuanced approach.

A fierce and beautiful novel about coming of age in a dying world. Shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

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As she faces the open wilderness of adulthood, our young narrator finds that the world around her is coming undone. She works part-time as an emergency dispatch operator, tracking the fires and floods that rage across Australia during an increasingly unstable year. Drinking heavily, sleeping with strangers, she finds herself wandering Sydney's streets late at night as she navigates a troubled affair with an ex-lover. Reckless and adrift, she begins to contemplate leaving.

Writing with down-to-earth lucidity and ethereal breeziness, Watts builds to a tightly controlled bushfire of ecological and personal crisis. The Inland Sea is an unforgettable debut about coming of age in a dying world.

'Full of heat and disquiet, astute and precise, almost savage in its eloquence, illuminating about what it feels like to love, to be left, to want more' - Leslie Jamison, author of MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN

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The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts is praised for its powerful and precise writing. Reviews highlight that while it touches on themes of climate change, it delves deeper into the complexities of youth, fear, and longing. It's noted for its eloquence and its exploration of emotions such as love and desire.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781911590255

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: ONE

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Madeleine Watts grew up in Sydney, Australia and has lived in New York since 2013. She has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and her fiction has been published in The White Review and The Lifted Brow. Her novella, Afraid of Waking It was awarded the 2015 Griffith Review Novella Prize. Her non-fiction has appeared in The Believer and the Los Angeles Review of Books. The Inland Sea is her first novel.