Questions of travel
By: Michelle De Kretser
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9781743317334; 9781743311776
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Fiction; International travel; Sri Lankans
Description: This novel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Around these two characters, a double narrative assembles an array of people, places and stories - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself in Australia.
Notes: Winner for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award.