num_pages: 336
description: For the two men in this novel, war was supposed to be a testing ground. But it proved to be an ordeal of a different kind. Spanning 70 years of Australian life, from Sydney's Cross to the backwaters of the Hawkesbury River, this is a novel of lost innocence and witness.
language: English
title: The Great World
titlecomplete: The Great World
genres: Australia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, War, Fiction, Contemporary, World War II
ratings_count: 745
places: Australia
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Prix Femina
category: Étranger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book
publisher: Vintage Books