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The mountain / Drusilla Modjeska.

By: Publisher: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2012Description: 432 pages: black and white illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartiographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781741666502 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.4 23
Awards:
  • Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2013 shortlist.
Summary: In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. Drusilla Modjeska's sweeping novel takes us deep into this fascinating, complex country, whose culture and people cannot escape the march of modernity that threatens to overwhelm them. It is a riveting story of love, loss, grief and betrayal.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 823.4 MOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68268

In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. Drusilla Modjeska's sweeping novel takes us deep into this fascinating, complex country, whose culture and people cannot escape the march of modernity that threatens to overwhelm them. It is a riveting story of love, loss, grief and betrayal.

Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2013 shortlist.

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