11/3/2023 0 Comments A long way home kindle![]() ![]() "A major work of fiction by the writer who will probably be regarded, in a hundred years, as the leading Australian novelist from the early part of the twenty-first century. " A Long Way from Home reminds us that great novels are not ideological-neither exploitative nor excessively well-meaning-but tough-minded, complex admissions of failure, guilt and confusion." -Geordie Williamson, The Australian "I couldn't have imagined that a car race could be so enthralling." -Tessa Hadley, The Guardian (UK) As such, it's hugely relevant for our times." -Arminta Wallace, Irish Times The road race propels the plot along, but it's really a book about cultural identity, about family, about the ability to empathise with others. " A Long Way from Home is a novel full of riches. To give away more would risk spoiling the genuine pleasures." -Patrick Flanery, The Spectator (UK) "A moving meditation on multiple forms of paternal failure and the culture of racism that have shaped modern Australia. A wild, strange, magical ride of a book." -Sam Leith, The Telegraph (UK) "Peter Carey's new novel is a pretty remarkable beast. It's one of Carey's best, and boldest, efforts yet." -Anthony Domestico, The Boston Globe A Long Way from Home charts old territory and strikes out in new directions. filled with flashes of poetic brilliance. Those conflicting goals ultimately find perfect expression in Carey's strange narrative." -Ron Charles, The Washington Post "What a delightful writer Peter Carey is, and how varied are the delights he offers. determined to unearth the richness of Aboriginal culture even while respecting its secrets. a rich narrative stew." -Robert Douglas Fairhurst, The Times (UK) " on-the-road adventure, revisionist history and moral fable. Intensely engaging in more ways than one, high-octane novel." -Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times (UK) ![]() this is the first time he's directly dealt with Aboriginal history, and A Long Way From Home is all the more powerful for it." -Lucy Scholes, The Independent (UK) (four stars) "Peter Carey deserves the Nobel Prize in literature for lifting the heart." -Allison Pearson, The Telegraph (UK) "His best novel in years, maybe decades." -Alex Preston, The Guardian (UK) "Not since True History of the Kelly Gang has he seemed so on-song." -Andrew Dickson, Financial Times To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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